Two views this week stand as a haunting portrait of planetary distress.

From the ground: Frantic kangaroos bound in silhouetted stampede against advancing hellfire.

From the sky: Flames and smoke literally ring the Australian continent, its outer reaches charred like unattended toast.

No wonder right-wing politicians there, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison, have circled their sedans against the fury of people who know bought-and-owned policies helped create this situation.

We who worry about...