Perhaps if they stuck to generally agreed upon facts and did not come on with the intention of eviscerating their ideological opponents we'd have a saner conversation about the news.
If we had a saner conversation on economic policy in this country, we would be talking about stimulus to boost the economy and create jobs.
It is far past time to have a reasonable, sane conversation about gun safety in this country.
Even in the face of a self-evident humanitarian catastrophe, we cannot have a sane national conversation, let alone do anything meaningful to help.
Maybe there's a way for a sane, nuanced conversation about guns, about the over-the-top political and media culture of grievance, retribution and rebellion, about a middle ground between Mr. Loughner as random, unexplainable, angry nut and Mr. Loughner as a direct spawn of the language of the right, but, well, that will have to wait until the next blizzard in Tucson.
It would also create space for a sane and rational conversation around security in the present era, away from the clamorous rhetoric that characterizes the usual debate.
In order for us to stop racing towards the so-called "Fiscal Cliff" it would be mighty helpful to frame these issues properly so we, as a country, can stop the panic and finally have a sane, intelligent and honest conversation on the issue of taxes.
Charles von Simson, a Manhattan intellectual property lawyer who is to all appearances a sane, upstanding citizen, took a conversation with a reporter as an opportunity to come clean about an eight-year-old crime.
"I walked into the building in South Australia and had a free personality test, and I had one of the sanest conversations I've ever had.
