I see that President Bush is scheduled to host talks on “international climate change.”

Before we begin to work on international climate change, shouldn’t we spend some time on national climate change? I mean, if we can’t control our own climate, here at home, how can we expect to control the climate in places like Ulan Bator and Ushuaia?

Also, before we tackle climate change – which is, after all, very long-range and complicated — maybe we should work on the more immediate and pressing problem of weather change.

If everyone will do his part, if Congress will pass the right laws and if world leaders will work hard to forge the right treaties, surely we can have cool, dry weekends at least for the rest of this year.

Don’t you think?