The editorial cartoon shows a weary pedestrian battling bitter cold and knee-deep snow. He’s carrying a sign that once said, “End Global Warming” — only he’s crossed out the last word and changed it to read, “End Global Cooling.”
We here in the Chicago area have just come through a record-setting December, both in terms of below-average temperatures and well-above-average snowfalls. On many days during that month, color national weather maps in newspapers and on the Internet showed much of the country shivering in various shades of blue with only a few spots showing any signs of warming red.