I-10 washout a 'gentle reminder' for Congress
The I-10 bridge collapse in the Mojave Sunday afternoon isn’t really a prime example of the growing national problem with failing infrastructure, although some folks with a keen interest in abundant highway funding likely will be screaming this week that the sky is falling. And while some wild-haired prophet might wander out of the wilderness, warning that a washout in the desert during a record-shattering drought is a sure sign of something or other, my metaphor of choice is “weakest link.”