Season of the Sticks

Tiny Vermont brandishes a climate damages stick, because carrots won't get it done. They won't be the last.

Cartoon by Charles Lewis Bartholomew (Library of Congress)

I love Vermont. And it’s the season of the sticks.

Say what you like about America. Churchill did:¹

“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing — after they’ve tried everything else.”

Last week the Green Mountain State, despite its Republican governor warning of the likely ruinous cost…