Because it's about my hope that reason can one day achieve a position of prominence in American civic and political life, as Lincoln proposed: "Passion has helped us, but can do so no more. It will in future be our enemy. Reason—cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason—must furnish all the materials for our future support and defence."
Al Gore lays out a similar proposal in his new book, discussed in part here by Andrew Sullivan.
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