Hand me a teabag

There were some odd, even ridiculous aspects to the "Tea Party" Protests on Tax Day last week, and some cynical political tactics, too.
There was also an opening to a transpartisan political conversation about what's wrong with our economy and financial system, the kind of conversation we badly need if we're going to move through all this to a tolerable economy and society. As per the title of the column I wrote to expand on the point, we can think better than this.