More essay-like accretion of content by me: Part two of my three-part series over on the Blogging of the Presidency.

The budding movement of participation is about more than presidential campaigns; it's also about our role in the world as people, the meaning of life itself. It's about our culture, how we live our daily lives. Participation is what you get done in your short time in this universe, and it would seem that people are increasingly discontent to spend their time merely as spectators.

It's not quite as rousing as I wanted it to be, but I think I covered all the bases.