Disturbances in the Earth

I came across the above-mentioned article when I was reading Waterfall's blog. Waterfall has put up a link to the article, and I read it. It is worth a read:

Disturbances in the Earth. By PEGGY NOONAN. Thursday, December 30, 2004 12:01 a.m. EST.

The biggest story of the year happened just as big-thinking journalists went on vacation after filing their "Ten Biggest Stories of 2004" pieces. Life has a way of surprising us...