Political lunacy is very unhelpful

Even Goldwater spoke up when the GOP was 'just plain dumb'

Scanning the news this past week, I have felt that we were living through a cross between a science fiction movie, with the planet enmeshed in scary weather, and “A Handmaid’s Tale.”

Throughout the country, indeed the world, the weather seemed to turn on us.  Death Valley had a high temperature of 128 degrees July 16, inching towards its record of 134 de…