Week: Last month, I wrote a piece discussing the fact that belief in climate change shifts with the weather -- the hotter the weather, the more people believe in it, and vice versa during colder spells. One of the most striking accusations delivered in the comments section was that global warming is a hoax perpetuated to promote socialism and big government.
This is an exceptionally stupid idea. But before you write it off as the ravings of a troll, consider the fact that a healthy number of Americans...