Happy Victoria Day weekend to our Canadian readers. On Wednesday Mark will be back on the air with Toronto's Number One morning man, John Oakley, live at 8.30am Eastern on AM640.
This week Steyn was behind the Golden EIB Microphone guest-hosting for Rush on America's Number One radio show. You can find a few moments from Monday's show here, and from Tuesday's show here. On the upcoming election showdown, Mark declared confidently:
The Hillary blowout is not going to happen.
The general-election polls later in the week tended to support this.
Steyn's views on the corrupt Clinton Foundation and its principal beneficiaries attracted much attention. As for the divisions roiling the Republican Party, Mark saw it as Captain America: Civil War for the Beltway crowd. Click below to listen:
There have been many surprising turns in this US presidential election season, but Steyn feels he called it, on both the Democrat and Republican sides, in his column ten-and-a-half months ago. If you'd read "Last Stand of the Old White Men" back on July 10th last year, where we are today would not surprise you.
~On Tuesday, Mark interviewed Rick Manning, President of Americans for Limited Government, on Washington's usurpation of one of the core functions of local government: The feds want to take control of municipal zoning in the cause of Democrat social engineering. Click below to hear the full interview:
In the end, the Mike Lee amendment did not pass, and 16 Republicans provided cover for an outrageous centralized-power grab by the Obama Administration. Much to Mark's regret, and notwithstanding his remarks above, his own senator, Kelly Ayotte, was among those who supported the bill - and thereby repudiated the very principles of New Hampshire town government that Tocqueville so admired.
~If you're interested in global warm-monger Michael E Mann's ongoing lawsuit against Steyn, and the broader crackdown on apostates by the climate mullahs, Mark provides an update here: "The Criminalization of Dissent."
~As for a certain cat album Steyn happened to mention on the air, that would be Feline Groovy: Songs for Swingin' Cats, dedicated to his own beloved cat Marvin. The CD has a four-and-a-half star rating over at iTunes and a lot of five-star reviews at Amazon. As appreciative listener Dave tweets:
I have it! I love it! Mark, you definitely can sing the swing! Great stuff!
If you buy only one feline concept album this year, make it Feline Groovy.
~Steyn's book The [Un]documented Mark Steyn is just out in audio format - and narrated by Mark himself! It's a Top Five bestseller on the political humor hit parade. Currently it's available for download, but if you'd prefer it in good old-fashioned CD form that's coming soon and you can pre-order it right now.
