I contend that intelligent discourse is the hallmark of civilized man.

My wishlist is for a civil and intelligent political discourse to return to the US on the national level.

Children need intelligent discourse from their idols, not advice on matching socks.

In the land of rap, settling differences with lead qualifies as intelligent discourse.

Graham has stated he hopes to avoid the Eternal September that results in the general decline of intelligent discourse within a community.

We need a return to intelligent, rigorous discourse and even more crucially, a respect for the very nature of discourse itself.

But he suggested that whatever the outcome, the John Jay school community could "celebrate the level of intelligent discourse" the debate has created.

Seriously though, it's depressing how it seems to be impossible to have an intelligent discourse on this topic.

What kind of intelligent discourse would you like to see, though?

Perhaps the country should take numeracy as seriously as literacy if it wants intelligent public discourse.