O'Reilly's gone, and it's going to leave a hole.  My wife and I didn't watch him every night, but we did quite a few.  We often we laughed at his pomposity; he wound up in a village in Central America where people were shooting and so would describe himself as a combat vet.  Many times he referred to himself as a Harvard grad while never (to my knowledge) mentioning Marist College, but overall he connected with people, got the stories out there, hit them hard, and would follow up.  His was the best news and opinion show on the air, and in a self-deprecating fashion, the man would often enjoy a good laugh at himself. We and millions of other viewers, male and female, liked him. He also nurtured talent: Megyn Kelly and Jesse Watters come immediately to mind. But he's been toppled in a very modern and despicable manner: for things he may have said to women.  There is, as far as I know, no woman who ever smacked him or threw a drink in...(Read Full Post)