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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 12:00 AM

Where is the outrage?

John McCain decries greed on Wall Street and suggests a commission be formed to look into the problem. This is like Casanova coming out for chastity.
By Garrison Keillor

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  • Wednesday, September 24, 2008 07:01 PM

    Outrage? You expect outrage?

    Outrage might be expected from informed, thinking citizens. But the average American no longer has enough brainwave activity to be capable of independent thought. All they want to know is who won American Idol. For most, the financial death of America is too much for even brief contemplation.

    —shuttledude Read shuttledude's other letters

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