Colbert on Climate

My love for Stephen Colbert increased by another huge jump today* when I saw this clip of him talking about what the Republican win of the Senate means for science. Every time I hear Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla) talk about climate change being a hoax I wonder where the line is between blindingly ideological denial and crackpottery... and which side his head is buried in. And he's a favorite to be the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee. My Slate colleague Eric Holthaus sees ...