The results thus far - online political discussions among people with diverse views is are a vast waste of time. Why? Political blog comments are mostly echo chambers that separate people into reaffirming silos and online news comments are full of anonymous diatribe. E-Democracy.Org would like to engage interested academics and students in an experiment to see if a few key rules/technologies can improve the quality of discussions. We use real names, require civility (supported by facilitation, rules, and possible member suspensions), and unique limited the frequency one can post to once every 12 hours (on our local Issues Forums it is 2 every 24 hours). We created the world's first election information website in 1994 and since then have focused our civic mission around hosting online dialogue as a trusted neutral host. For more information visit: http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/us Also, as we build our participatory audience, we are interested in having public policy schools and individual academics share their work. Think of our members as a roving book club looking to discuss the substance of national policy issues not just punditry. Feel free to pass this invitation on to others. Steven Clift E-Democracy.Org