Natural Wonders to Infinity. And Happy New Year!:)

We had thunderstorms in Chicago this morning. Unusual for New Year's Eve. More new:

The National Geographic grand prize photography winner.

Israel discovers natural gas field offshore.

And this: There’s a jungle inside Vietnam’s mammoth cavern. A skyscraper could fit too. And the end is out of sight.

Welcoming the New Year around the world, in photos.

Happy New Year, y'all.

P.S. Wisdom across the ages: This country's founders studied thousands of years of human history -- despotic regimes, authoritarian lunatics, totalitarian zealots -- and attempted to constrain government, not the individual.

Here's to a better year for America, with a new Congress.

P.S. Out with the stupid: Wind-Powered Scotland Needs Electricity From Nuclear France

P.P.S. :) The Tea Party is the political movement of the decade

And Pundit & Pundette's Thirty or so favorite quotes of 2010. Thanks for choosing one of my remarks:) Such august company.