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RUSH TO JUDGEMENT: When the recent death of conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh was mentioned on Facebook Wednesday, all I can think of was, “But who will Jim Polito emulate now?” Clearly, the WTAG radio personality was thinking the same thing, calling Limbaugh “the GOAT” on a Facebook Live post mourning his passing. Much like Boston s Howie Carr (and arguably, to a lesser degree, local radio personality Jordan Levy), Polito aped Limbaugh s ill-mannered, low-blow sort of media presentation and often brought mud-flinging and mean-spirited insults into local media and politics, perhaps reaching its apex with the 2012 feud between himself and now-retired Telegram & Gazette columnist Dianne Williamson, as chronicled by Worcester Magazine s own Janice Harvey, who saw the real life blow-up between the two at a WoMag Best of Worcester” event: “The verbal head-butting that occurred between these two has been brewing for years,” wrote Harvey, “thanks t
Last Call with Nathan Manna, collage artist
Sarah Connell Sanders
Correspondent
Nathan Manna is a senior at the College of the Holy Cross. His recent show, “lift-off,” was featured at the Worcester PopUp gallery on Franklin Street. Manna was also the winner of the 2020 Juror’s Prize at ArtsWorcester’s College Show.
What is your major at Holy Cross?
I m a performance studies major. Basically, it s a self-designed major where I combine theory and practical theater work. I was supposed to be directing three productions this year, and with COVID, I ve only managed to get approval for one of them. It s a bummer, but health and safety is of the utmost importance right now.