  in which a number of wise men sit at a dinner table and discuss a wide range of topics.  purge the gender from this one -  and i've found a greek term for one of my favorite activities.  Utne's urlLink salons focus on a similiar idea.  the urlLink lets talk america people focus the idea upon how the political sphere might be reshaped if people seriously committed themselves to the power of talk.  .
but * good*  conversation doesn't draw arbitrary lines around what is * political*  and what isn't ( as if *
anything*  was * ever*  not political) in fact good conversation really engages * any*
 topic as being worthwhile.  . food,  time,  and engaging people seem to be the most important components.
