YES, AT LEAST HALF OF MY POSTS WILL/WILL CONTINUE TO INVOLVE DAVID FOSTER WALLACE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER

In the universe of Infinite Jest, Rush Limbaugh becomes president sometime in early part of the 21th century. When I first read IJ I thought, "well, that idea works for the time this was written (1993-1995), when Rush was helping to foment '94's 'Republican Revolution;' but it's aged terribly. That guy's nowhere near where he once was!"

And then I read things like this.