I agree, I think if we'd had something like this in '68 and '69 we might not have been in retreat by '73.  I really enjoy the ET, and I think the quality of writing here is generally pretty high.  I wish I spoke a couple more languages, english and ancient high-school french is my limit.  dkos may have some pretty wide variations in the quality of writing from day to day and item to item but it is a forum that brings encouragement and hope to the struggle against the complete corporate takeover of the US political system.  I think there is a name for that....hmmm.

I look in on the ET pretty regularly, but don't often know enough to have a worthwhile opinion on a lot of your topics.  One thing I've wanted to see is Europeans writing in on dkos and describing their experiences with universal health care, vacations, stronger unions, and things like this.  It would be enlightening.

I hope this is not too off-topic.

"I said, 'Wait a minute, Chester, You know I'm a peaceful man...'" Robbie Robertson