Are We Embarrassed Yet?
My Facebook feed is covered with apologies to the civilized world. Our President may think that saving the jobs of 176,000 coal miners is the only consequence of withdrawing from the Paris Accord, but the rest of us who are inhabiting this planet would tend to disagree. There's nothing new to say. Micronesia may be underwater before FlapJilly is old enough to visit on her Junior Year Abroad. Thanks to the brave governors of New York and California, the air above Manhattan and Los Angeles will remain clear; I fear for Tucson and Phoenixt and my own personal lungs since we inhabit a state run by Trumpian know-nothings. It's the know-nothing piece which is so aggravating. I listened to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on the radio, in German, and I could feel the scorn even though I didn't understand the words. Then, I came home and read Hallie Jackson's tweeted translation, and I began to shake. I've lived my entire life under ...