The National Park Services estimates the impact, just on businesses, of the volcanic eruption on Big Island is $13 million, so far. The wildfires in California will affect the wine industry for 3 to 5 years, the amount of time it takes new vines to produce. But business is not local anymore. Yet, there is very little data on the effect of so many natural disasters on people willing to relocate, or online businesses. I happened to overhear a sales...

Over the weekend the TSA’s cover was blown by the Boston Globe when it reported that ordinary citizens are being followed onto flights and observed by armed undercover US Marshalls as part of the TSA’s airline security mandate under the code name “Quiet Skies.” According to the story, dozens of people are followed and observed each day, and remain on the list to be monitored for up to 90 days or three observed trips, whichever comes...