“Oh, I hate that guy.”:

Philadelphia radio personality and former (very successful) trial lawyer (he worked for the Beasley firm, the firm of James E. Beasley, who, a few years ago made a multimillion dollar endowment to his alma matter, [and mine] Temple University School of Law—mine was the first graduating class of the James E. Beasley School of Law of Temple University), Michael Smerconish, has a good guest column on NRO today. This is the first time I think he has done a guest column for them.

I sometimes tune into his show—his politics are a little too much Republican Party apologist (but he’s not nearly as bad as Limbaugh in this regard).

What I really respect about Smerconish is that he is not only a fan of the progressive rock genre, (as am I), but he actually takes the time to have big-name progressive rockers as guests on his show when they are in town. He has had Yes in his studio, as well as former Genesis guitarist extraordinaire Steve Hackett.

And I met Smerconish (briefly) at a Kansas concert last year in Glenside, PA. I approached him and stated, “did anyone ever tell you that you look strikingly like radio talk-show host Michael Smerconish?” And he replied, “oh, I hate that guy.”