A recent episode of PBS’s excellent series “Now” dealt with the facts and politics of global warming. One scary prospect some scientists predict is a phenomenon called abrupt climate change. As opposed to the slow burn we think of when we hear global warming, one degree in a century, the climate will slowly change up to a point and then jump dramatically. Which means I have to adjust the Top Five Worst Sudden Things To Fear list, so it now stands:

1. Abrupt Climate Change

2. World Peak Oil

3. Ann Coulter Sex Tape

4. Inside the Actor’s Studio: Paul Walker

5. President Hillary Clinton