Are you fed up with sound bites?  Are you looking for more than microanalysis and equally microscopic discussion on the most important problems?  Are you tired of talking heads who produce more hot air than usable content?  This blog is for smart people to exchange smart and informed ideas and to comment on the biggest issues of the day, with plenty of satire, shattering of china, exposing sacred cows and declothing of emperors mixed in.  This is not a place to mindlessly bash the opposition, it is a place for reasonable people to discuss issues reasonably, and to offer reasonable solutions.  Strong opinions are welcome if you have strong facts to back them up.  If your goal has been to change the world for the better, and you have ideas to do it, this is the place for you.

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