Kevin Murphy, author of the long-running site Ghost in the Machine, provides an excellent perspective on the history and possible future of the American progressive movement in these two posts. For those of you interested in history, politics, and actual understanding of a complex topic, I highly recommend taking the time to read them.

To my mind this is something that the web can do well. Kevin is well-educated and well-spoken, has a thorough understanding of this topic, and has enough passion to share his knowledge with an anonymous public. Admittedly, the length of an in-depth essay is initially daunting to the rapid-fire mindset inculcated by most web design (and writing), but if the content is worthwhile it should run to the length needed for full expression.

Take a few minutes and visit GitM. Read the progressive essays or — if political analysis doesn't float your boat — take in his in-depth movie reviews. It will be time well-spent. Unless, of course, you don't have the patience for anything more than two sentences and a funny picture, in which case you probably don't get much out of Hidden City, either.