It’s Rush Limbaugh’s America Now

The conservative shock jock is dead, but the toxic style of politics he fostered will be with us for decades

Rush Limbaugh after being awarded the Medal of Freedom by first lady Melania Trump. Photo: Mandel Ngan /AFP/Getty Images

I grew up listening to Rush Limbaugh. This was not by choice, mind you. My father, a distributor who serviced grocery stores all across East Texas and Louisiana, kept the dial fixed on conservative talk radio whenever he was in…