The "Green Mussolini" and the Celebrity Weatherman Credit: Jessica Stein
The Green Mussolini and the Celebrity Weatherman
The “Green Mussolini” and the Celebrity Weatherman Jessica Stein

Maybe you’ve heard: Local celebrity weatherman Cliff Mass and Stranger philosopher-in-chief Charles Mudede are in a loud and extended blog feud over climate change.

To be fair, it’s Mudede who started the whole thing. He’s called Mass “a very dangerous weatherperson” and contends that the University of Washington atmospheric sciences professor is aiding climate-change deniers by promoting skepticism about the causes of certain weather-related events.

Mass, for his part, thinks Mudede poses a danger to truth, facts, reasoned discourse, the future of life on this planet, and more.

On May 16, Mass and Mudede had it out at the Stranger offices. At Mass’s request, I was there to moderate.

Eli Sanders was The Stranger's associate editor. His book, "While the City Slept," was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He once did this and once won...