By Stephen of the Thinkery

On Thursday, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held hearings
on religious views of global warming. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) called
witnesses from Roman Catholic, Mainline Protestant and Evangelical
Christian traditions. James Inhofe (R-OK) of course representing not
only his home state but the conspiracy contingency, adding to his idea
of a worldwide cabal of scientists intentionally misinforming the rest
of us on global warming, the possibility of a liberal plot to “divide
and conquer the evangelical community and get people (moving) away from
the core values issues.”

Sometimes I do wish we liberals were capable of such planning, cooperation and organization.

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.