“How can you ignore the plight of our planet?” Kayleigh cried, thrusting her flier into Dr. Stewart’s face once again.

“Oh, I’m not ignoring anything,” said Stewart. “You kids are too young to remember the Love Canal, but it was big news in my day.”

“Love Canal? Is that like a carnival ride?”

“No, the problem for me isn’t the message but who’s delivering it. Imagine, Kayleigh, that you live next to a straitlaced conservative Republican. And imagine that he’s always telling you to quit smoking. You know he’s probably right, but the fact that he rubs you the wrong way and stands for everything you don’t keeps you from taking the advice out of sheer human nature.”