The Short List — Wed., June 25
June 25, 2008 at 8:28 am by Joe BardiHow stupid are we as a nation? CNN interviews author Rick Shenkman, in this clip posted to YouTube on June 15.
- Nick of time: Congress acts to remedy the mortgage crisis.
- Alan Greenspan: “We are on the brink.”
- A new documentary on Lee Atwater has conservatives crying foul.
- The IRS opens an investigation of local firebrand Bill Keller. The preacherman cries “Romney!”
- Oh good, Imus is shooting his mouth off again. I had gone months without hearing moronic, racist drivel.
- Bet you don’t know how much oil there is in the world. Turns out, no one does.
- George Carlin’s final interview, a wide-ranging, bittersweet affair, pops up on the Psychology Today’s website. Plus: HBO plans a Carlin marathon and WBAI looks back at history.
- The Mullet drops his cushy ESPN job to become coach the Lightning.
