I think this post is what happens when you wait to the last minute to turn in your work.

"In short, the world, the growing reality of human-caused extreme weather events, the down-to-earth was much on the public's mind. "

And the "down-to-earth" wasn't on the public's mind while they were glued to images of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol?

I'll say this for Charles: He writes things nobody else would ever write.