It is a bit of a surprise that the Kerrys would chose a title–This Moment on Earth–that is so close to the title of Gregg Easterbrook’s superb 1995 book, A Moment on the Earth. Environmentalists trashed Gregg’s book. His subtitle tells you all you need to know about why: “The Coming Age of Environmental Optimism.”

I doubt we’ll need to read to page 14 to find that the Kerrys’ Moment on Earth is radically different from Easterbrook’s Moment.