One of the most popular, left leaning political blog sites with over 125k visitors per day. The site is maintained by Atrios aka. Duncan Black, an ex-economist turned media consultant.
Looking forward to better times or a pick-me-up after the end of something. A portmanteau word contrived from 'eschatology' and 'tonic'.
Eschatology is the study of the various end of times religious beliefs. In some religions the Eschaton is the bringer of the end of times.