“By now, we are used to Trump’s big-lie technique. Even by that standard, however, the claim that ‘we are working harder than many previous Administrations, maybe almost all of them,’ on environmental protection will be believed by exactly no one for whom words have not yet lost their common-sense meaning.” Bill McKibben in The New Yorker: Why Donald Trump Suddenly Decided to Talk About the Environment. (Following Trump’s remarks on keeping the environment healthy, Mel Gibson will be sharing some thoughts on this week’s Torah portion.)