President Obama is journeying to the Arctic this week — far from the levers of power in Washington, DC.
It’s a start, anyway.
In Alaska, the prez will “trek through the wilderness” and “test his survival skills” with outdoorsman Bear Grylls, a reality-TV star famous for, uh, drinking urine. The adventure will air in an episode of NBC’s “Running Wild with Bear Grylls.”
The point, the White House says, is to “shine a spotlight” on climate change. Really?
On Sunday, the president said he’s switching the name of North America’s highest peak from Mount McKinley back to the Native Alaskan appellation: Denali.
This seems to be outreach to indigenous populations — though the move also gives Alaska something it’s been requesting for years. Obama’s embracing states’ rights?
Anyway, it’s good to see the president keeping himself busy this way. Renaming mountains and playing Boy Scout is far less harmful than other Obama gambits — like helping Iran get nukes, saddling the nation with trillions in health-care costs, throwing gasoline on racial fires, etc.
It’d be a blessing for the nation, in fact, if he were to spend his entire remaining 16 months in office on this stuff.