A similar discourse broke out recently after Russia's incursion into Georgia; the incident occurred during the Obama-McCain Presidential campaign, and McCain invoked comparisons to Hungary, 1956, and even the Second World War.
It couldn't have come at better time – a time when our sense of the American story has faltered, our political discourse broken down, a time when clarity and empathy are much needed.
But what Skinner has done is turn a one-way sermon into a discourse, breaking down barriers between fan and band with a simplicity that an arty hardcore group such as Lightning Bolt (who perform on the floor, rather than the stage, because, like, we're all the same) might envy.
Our public discourse is broken, and the fault is collectively our own.
Behind the media "circus," though, Anand argues, that rarest of rarities in American political discourse has broken out: actual debate.
They engage online, but social media feeds can quickly turn into political echo chambers with few opportunities for new ideas or genuine discourse to break through.
IT'S good for our political discourse when politicians break with the party line.
But while such a panel may help promote "principled, decent, and thoughtful discourse", it cannot break the appearance of quid-pro-quo contributions requested by judicial candidates.
But more often than not, they become platforms for the elite to promote themselves through unfocused discourse, while the lunch breaks and cocktail hours become the most worthwhile components.
If you haven't followed this exploding/imploding story carried out at the most extreme, and loudest, fringe of climate discourse, the basics were broken by Leo Hickman of The Guardian early today and then aggregated by Keith Kloor, Joe Romm, Anthony Watts, Jason Samenow and others.
