For the Right, Playing Dumb is a Full-Time Job

There are real criticisms you can make of any politician. Screaming “communism” at boilerplate heat-wave advice probably isn’t one of them.

New York is hot right now. Not regular July hot. Forecasters spent the week warning that Central Park could hit 100 degrees for the first time since 2012 (and it did!), with a heat index that could make it feel as hot as 112 through the holiday weekend. So the city did what cities do when the weather turns dangerous: it opened more cooling centers, exte…