Neal Boortz (that's me) has been a Talk Show Host (What Bill Clinton would refer to as a "Preacher of Hate") in Atlanta, Georgia since 1969. Since 1993 I have been holding forth on News Talk 750 WSB, a radio station with a 50,000 watt afterburner. Since early 1999 my show has been syndicated on radio stations from Maine to California and from Alaska to Florida. My program airs live from 8:30 to 1:00 pm each weekday. Right now I am closing in on four million listeners nationwide. Hey, that's not up to Limbaugh standards, but then I'm growing faster than he is. Background? O.K., as if you weren't bored enough. I was born on April 6, 1945 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. I didn't particularly like the accent of the people up there so I left for Texas about 30 days later when my Dad returned to the Pacific to continue his participation in World War II. (Marine pilot.) Texas was always my "official" residence, but I lived all over the place since Dad was in the Marine Corps. Some addresses would include Honolulu, Hawaii, Laguna Beach, California, Morehead City, North Carolina; Virginia Beach, Virginia, Pensacola, Florida and others. By the ever-loving skin of my teeth I graduated High School in 1963 from Pensacola High with something like a C- average. A good collection of Polaroid photos of a member of the admissions staff opened the doors to Texas A&M University, and off I went. I was a worse student at A&M than I was in high school. I finished at A&M in 1967 and came to Atlanta to visit my parents. Dad was working at Lockheed at the time. I liked the place, and I stayed. I've been here ever since. I wasn't through with higher education after Texas A&M. I entered law school in Atlanta in 1973 and graduated in 1977. Law school finally presented a challenge worthy of my attention, so I worked at it and graduated near the top of my class. I passed the bar before graduation so I went into practice immediately. I continued practicing law until I signed a contract with WSB in 1992. During my years in talk radio I have managed to find other things to do. We'll attribute this to the fact that I am easily bored. From 1977 to 1992, as I said, I practiced law in addition to doing the talk show. Prior to 1977 you could find me working as a jewelry or carpet buyer, an insurance salesman, selling life and casualty insurance, loading trucks, slinging mail at the post office, working in an employment office, writing speeches for the Governor of Georgia and auditing the books overnight at a sleazy motel. Since I didn't retire from my law practice until I signed with WSB in 1992 this would mean that I was 47 years old before I ever had less than two jobs I live in the Northern 'burbs during the week and in Southwest Florida during most weekends. When I'm not on the air or giving a speech somewhere, I like to spend whatever free time is left playing golf or flying. When it's time to slip the bonds of gravity I choose between a hot air balloon, my Mooney Ovation2 or my Super Decathlon. There's nothing like flying upside down to clear your mind ... among other things. When I feel particularly frisky I like to sit down and write. My first book, "The Terrible Truth About Liberals," has been through six different printings. I'm presently working on my next book, "Somebody Has To Say It." I expect a brutal bidding war from several publishers for that one. Politics? I'm a confirmed Libertarian. I believe that the principal difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats just want to grow our Imperial Federal Government a bit faster than the Republicans do. Yes, I'm married. My wife, Donna, doesn't listen to the show. Never has. This is good. My daughter, Laura, uses a fake last name. Another good idea. Run for office? Well, thanks for asking --- but I'm afraid that the worst possible thing would happen. I would win. That would be a financial disaster for me. I am, however, toying with the idea of running for President on the Libertarian Party ticket after I retire from talk radio. I'll run just once --- and just for the hell of it. I'll select the most qualified vice-presidential candidate possible just in case something strange happens and I win. After I'm sworn in I hang around long enough to sign an Executive Order requiring all airport screeners to have graduated in the top one-half of their high school class. Then I'll free all non-violent drug offenders, take a few spins on Air Force One and get to know the interns. Then I'll resign and let the vice president take the controls. Yes, I am available for speaking engagements. And --- no. I'm not free. I'm a confirmed greedy capitalist. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NealBoortz http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NealBoortz TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2012 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Well, I think he can relax. Pretty sure, actually. Governor Scott Walker is facing a recall election in Wisconsin as a result of a pretty impressive union petition drive. Unions aren’t happy about... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NealBoortz/2012/04/11/scott_walker_can_relax 6066a7f5-7b13-4707-a432-fbcf0d02e619 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT While Jesse Jackson tries to figure out who on his staff needs to be disciplined for failing to notify him of the events in Sanford, thus allowing Al Sharpton to get a few days head start on the self-aggrandizing... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NealBoortz/2012/03/28/treyvon_martin__putting_the_drama_aside 687b4539-544d-4713-b9e7-0092e3b70e52 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT We all know the answer to that one. She's the latest recipient of the legendary "15 minutes of fame," and she is surely making the most of it. Fluke is the Georgetown Law student who was invited to Nancy Pelosi's little... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NealBoortz/2012/03/06/who_is_sandra_fluke f20ad53a-e0a4-4bbe-b5c3-efd5518ca1ae Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:01:00 GMT Let’s see ... how was it the Fox News Channel anchor phrased it? Oh yeah. Here we go: “Bank of America is going to penalize some of its customers by charging them a fee for their checking... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NealBoortz/2012/03/02/lets_kill_all_the_banks 62233e0a-9b84-40b6-a6b1-57a861dbba53 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 05:01:00 GMT Several Florida newspapers carried this story yesterday. Here's the story from the Naples Daily News showing a picture of the front page of the Miami Herald on January 19, 1977. "The Day It Snowed In Miami." ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NealBoortz/2012/01/20/snow_in_south_florida__and_an_amazing_coincidence 668ce52e-dc4e-42f4-9965-034e87539a6d Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:01:00 GMT NO SANTA IN YOUR KID'S SCHOOL? QUIT WHINING. We have some government school bureaucrats in Texas who have decided that there will be no Santa Clause in the classrooms this year. Their first excuse was that Santa... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NealBoortz/2011/12/05/if_theres_no_santa_in_your_kids_school_quit_whining 7659f574-a450-4a8b-8d0e-7c42e3649608 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:03:00 GMT OK, Republicans. Since you’re so religious and all – it’s time for a little “come to Jesus meetin’”. If you’re not familiar with the term, click on the link. It’s time... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NealBoortz/2011/11/29/newt_on_immigration 8c7e75a5-5d9f-433c-8091-36f507df4271 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:01:00 GMT The deficit super committee has now waved the white flag of defeat. They’ve thrown in the towel. They failed. And who among you thought it would be any other way? So now the blame game begins. It’s... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NealBoortz/2011/11/22/its_all_the_republicans_fault ce6a320f-483b-47f2-8ce9-2fcbbab35a16 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:01:00 GMT Well now! That was quite a ride last week for the American economy, don't you think? We raised the debt ceiling and within 36 hours America's debt exceeded our GDP. Then there was the stock market . yeah, that very... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NealBoortz/2011/08/08/turn_around_our_economy_its_not_really_that_hard cfb0c0d7-9ed2-49c6-b426-932e8873b1e5 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 04:01:21 GMT Not sure about you, but I was absolutely thrilled last week when Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed the legislation ending most collective bargaining rights for government worker unions. The more these government... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NealBoortz/2011/03/14/to_americas_hot-to-protest_college_students faf83920-0b2b-434f-a4e1-6650ed7fcc38 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 04:00:08 GMT In the wake of the Tucson tragedy the left has made quite the big deal of a map that Sarah Palin put on her website To listen to the media murmur you would think that Palin's Map was the primary, if not the sole cause... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NealBoortz/2011/01/12/sarah_palins_map 470ca336-f429-44ee-bbc6-c32d73e88b51 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:26:57 GMT On your trip through Townhall.com today, will you read every single word of every single column? Or will you take one literary taste here, another taste there, and try to cover as much ground as possible in the limited... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NealBoortz/2010/10/19/below_the_belt b69ff8c8-c366-41f4-83b7-cad3a7c6f8e6 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:01:00 GMT Today at noon Barack Obama addresses the nation's schoolchildren .. or a good number of them anyway. Many students won't hear the speech because of a rather severe miscalculation from the right. Republican screaming... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NealBoortz/2009/09/08/republicans_get_rolledand_deservedly_so 95d5181a-67dc-4007-92b8-1badd189059c Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:00:43 GMT Transcript of remarks made by Leo Carrington (who doesn't exist) to a mandatory meeting of all employees of Carrington Automotive Enterprises, Inc. (which doesn't exist either) on August 17th, 2009 at the Royal Payne... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NealBoortz/2009/08/17/just_a_little_company_get-together 4ef21254-6c6d-4b97-bec1-a680f5ffe013 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:00:40 GMT Well now. Our economy is really lunging forward, isn't it? What a ride! Are you holding on? We're billions of dollars further in debt (trillions?) and the economy is still stagnant. TARP, the stimulus bill,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NealBoortz/2009/07/06/hows_the_stimulus_working_for_you_so_far 26d20f23-62d8-4216-a058-1b7f1495a30c Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT