To civilly resolve the intractable issues which define American political life -- where liberal and progressive proposals are largely unrealistic and conservative assumptions outdated and embarrassing -- requires a fresh start with the next generation. Or, more probably, with the generation after that. Let those impassioned by an exaggerated sense of the moment shout themselves florid in the face; so long as it keeps them from calling off the race, the ideas of a quiet, tortoise-paced scientist or artist, innovator or intellectual, will eventually overtake the jostling, hare-brained field.