It's been an eventful week for America's East coast, dominated by what the media blithely refers to as "acts of God" -- and while New York City was spared from the serious disaster that some had feared, many other areas are still dealing with the aftermath of a historically rare earthquake and hurricane. It seemed that cable news and weather channels were providing complete, "blow by blow" coverage of Hurricane Irene's approach and landfall, rendering most other news as mere afterthoughts. Indeed, there was a particularly significant event this week that was completely overlooked...
