Washington, D.C., turns into a sweltering swamp in the summer. It has been said that our problems with a too-big government began with the invention of air conditioning. Before that, Congress and government officials only stayed in town a few months and was anxious to leave. Since air conditioning was invented, they stick around all year, passing laws and running things. I don’t know about that, but Monica Hesse, in an article about how air conditioning makes offices too cold,… Read more