| As the Pacific Northwest faces a record-setting heat wave this week, the climate isn't the only thing getting people down. In Whatcom County, Wash., where Charlie Warzel is writing from, "roads have literally buckled under the heat" — and the stifling weather is accompanied by "a lingering existential dread about the future." "There's a distinct psychological pain that accompanies the thought that the unbearable present is only a preview of the extreme climate to come," Warzel writes. What can people do to overcome this anxiety? Warzel asked Britt Wray, a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Though there's no silver bullet, Wray suggests accepting and facing the distress instead of burying it, and talking about climate change honestly. "It won't be comfortable, but it will reflect the urgency of the moment we're all living through. And this small piece of common ground is critical if we hope to address this emergency," Warzel explains.  (Maranie Staab/Bloomberg) The record-breaking temperatures have fed another sensation just as oppressive. By Charlie Warzel ● Read more » | | | | Who's really defunding the police? Republicans. By Dana Milbank ● Read more » | | | | It has already rejected its own stupid theories of the past. By Michele Norris ● Read more » | | | | Out of nowhere on Monday night, the Fox News host dropped quite an allegation: that his own government was spying on him in an effort to derail his program. By Erik Wemple ● Read more » | | | | Here's a welcome move toward preventing future Trumpian levels of corruption. By Greg Sargent ● Read more » | | | | It isn't the flag-waving. It's who we are, in all our diversity. By Paul Waldman ● Read more » | | | The disaster has spurred a much-needed reckoning about the condition of infrastructure. Voices Across America ● By Lizette Alvarez ● Read more » | | | | Though we don't yet know the cause of the building's collapse, chances are good the usual elements were involved. By David Von Drehle ● Read more » | | | | At best, they can help find the truth. At worst, they can defend themselves against the Democratic onslaught. By Henry Olsen ● Read more » | | | | In dealing with a deeply polarized Congress, the president makes mistakes when he acts like a senator rather than a disciplined chief executive. By David Ignatius ● Read more » | | | | If crime and inflation get out of hand, voters may not reward Biden's party for a booming economy. By Charles Lane ● Read more » | | | Leaving the Trump cult isn't easy. We should welcome defectors with open arms. By Max Boot ● Read more » | | | | CRT isn't so much wrong as just dull. By Kathleen Parker ● Read more » | | | | When Democrats have power — like they do now — they can't wait for Republicans to wake up to reality. By Paul Waldman ● Read more » | | | |
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