Lux Americana

If you’re into “something called ‘volcano monitoring’,” it’s been a pretty interesting week.
A massive undersea volcano spewed thousands of feet into the air, creating a new island off the coast of Tonga in the Pacific “ring of fire,”  and leaving “no living thing left” on another tiny nearby island, via its two vents.
Here in the [...]

My headline today is as much a statement of general fact as it is a reference to a current event.  Bob Cesca over at Huffington Post wrote a great article today breaking down the sheer silliness of the “New Tea Party” movement.
After Rick Santelli’s now-famous rant on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange where [...]