I think many are missing the connection between rivers running dry, crops failing, and for that matter climate change as a whole and rising sea levels, too, and the rise of fascism and extremism. They are inextricably linked because people are afraid.

It's amazing that your "Road-racer" sentence does not read too manufactured and is somehow better than the original. Great article.

I do! And I also ask myself questions and I often wake up with the answers.

I have this exact same problem just trying to get to Pittsburgh. It's such a colossal waste. Sometimes I have to fly from Los Angeles, to Philadelphia or NYC and then go back to Pittsburgh. The flight industry is a mess and about to implode.

Beautifully written, Mayor Pete, and it all rings true, although when your kids are older you forget about those difficult early days. And it's a good thing we forget or everyone would stop after their first child, ha, ha. My first child had asthma and we spent so many weeks in and out of the hospital under a tent. Congratulations and I wouldn't worry at all about how you raise them. It doesn't really matter in the end as long as they have a lot of love. I'm sure you and Chasten will manage that just fine.

Forget writing. I want to become a cyber security specialist!