"He stood at the window of the empty cafe and watched the activities in the square and he said that it was good that God kept the truths of life from the young as they were starting out or else they'd have no heart to start at all." - Cormac McCarthy

Like the guy who forgets his leaky roof when the rain stops, we keep thinking the worst is over. But thanks to climate change, it never will be.

Some of our problems are massive and even intractable, but the astonishing thing about America in the 21st Century is that we can’t solve even the little problems.