What a bracing and stimulating idea, Dave. You're on. I don't think this work is easy by any means, but I think it is doable, within the constraints you laid out. Let's take one issue at a time. (As even doing one well would be a worthy accomplishment.) Select one to start with from the following (or add your own):
Fighting fundamentalist Islamic terrorism
Immigration
Globalization
Climate change
Entitlement insolvency
Education
Health care
Abortion
Moral issues/strengthening families
Farm policy
Government spending
Taxes
Estate tax
Economic growth
Regulation/tort reform
The Samuelson article was interesting. I don't know too much about his other writing, but this seemed reasonably on target. (Though I think there probably has been a lot of serious work on this issue by a various of groups, all bound and gathering dust on staffers' shelves somewhere.) It's always easier to make big changes after a crisis, so this topic remains the "third rail" of American politics until either people understand there is a coming crisis (do we need to watch "An Inconvenient Lockbox" before that happens?) or if a politician has the courage to upset the status quo to try to solve this proactively. Or until two verbose bloggers solve the country's problems with enough time left over to catch the ballgame tonight. :)
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