The day the world went mad | George Monbiot | Environment | guardian.co.uk: The Republican party's leading lights either deny climate change altogether, or argue that people can adapt to whatever a changed climate may bring, so there's nothing to worry about.
The deluge of reality has had no impact on the party's determination to wish the physical world away. As Salon.com points out, most of the major figures lined up to speak at the convention deny that man-made climate change is happening.
When your children ask how and why it all went so wrong, point them to yesterday's date, and explain that the world is not led by rational people.