Someone at Drinking Liberally last night raised a similar issue with me. He's an avid reader and has tried to get his partner interested in blogs, but the partner says it's either like Greek or entering a conversation in the middle. He asked why I don't create a short primer for every topic TalkLeft covers in depth and post it prominently on the site or inside future posts on the particular topic.

Other than "I don't have time," I really didn't have an answer for him. It is a good idea. After reading Jane's post, I'm wondering whether there isn't a blogger out there who has the time, and would like extra visitors to their blog, who would be willing to write a short, reputably sourced synopsis, from a liberal point of view, of issues like: PlameGate, Karl Rove's involvement, the Scooter Libby trial, the NSA wiretap issue, Guantanamo, CIA secret prisons, even the Duke lacrosse case. (This last one would have to be from a defense point of view since liberals seem divided.) One pagers at most, which include writer's byline and a link to his or her blog.

We could send these primers out to liberal bloggers who write about the topic, and those who like it, could either put it in the sidebars of their blogs or inside future posts on the topic, which would bring readers to the writer's blog.

Just an idea. Any thoughts or other suggestions?