Flooding, severe weather warnings, snow packed and garbage heaped in New York City Streets, belligerent bombings, shootings, 14 dead, a black swan, epic mealtime, The Kings Speech and The Fighter, protests in Egypt and education price rise in England, riots, Tunisia, David Kato, Russia, the yuan, the world afloat on fiat, Qari Hussain Mehsud, Jared Loughner and “blood libel” misinterpreted, entire peoples diluted and politics polluted: this, an editor’s digression on what we missed.

President Obama’s state of the union address rallied the nation Tuesday, Jan. 25 – he motivated, instigated thought and called out opposition – however many facts were relegated, designated as talking points for ensuing interviews meanwhile the truth remains that we need time and there is no better time than now for tangible change to the nation’s education system.