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If you missed it Monday night, check out Stephen Colbert’s interview with Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope.
Pope really does hug trees — and talk to polar bears. And Colbert reveals the heretofore unreported hardship imposed on bong users by the Clean Water Act.
More from Ken Silverstein:
Commentary — July 25, 2012, 2:20 pm
Washington Babylon — September 29, 2010, 11:37 am

“This is the heart of the magic factory, the place where medicine is infused with the miracles of science, and I’ve come to see how it’s done.”