How can we kill Popular Politics?

I'm not sure if "Popular Politics" is a term or anyone else would recognize the distinction I want to make but here goes...

I recently picked up one of Michael Moore's books to try and get a liberal perspective on current events and American culture. It was a total waste of time and not because he's on the left. He is the liberal Ann Coulter. For every exaggeration and tongue-in-cheek comment she has made about converting Muslims, he has his own generalization that is just as worthless. Maybe I'm the last one to become completely disenchanted with political discourse as it stands but count me as tired. I studied business so it's sad that I need to be reminded that it's all about the $$. From Air America to Rush Limbaugh to Fox News Channel to CNN it's just making the loudest screamers rich. It has nothing to do with working together to improve America because that is boring. There is no intelligent exchange of ideas.

Seriously, where can you turn to educate yourself on the issues to a degree that goes deeper than a 15 second sound bite? Thomas Sowell is someone worth reading. I'm currently working on Black Rednecks and White Liberals which proposes some really controversial ideas. Since he has facts to support his theories it takes too much time to present to the general public and therefore we're stuck arguing about whether Bush should have a presidential library at SMU or if Gavin Newsom should resign as mayor of San Francisco. Even though I think John Edwards' plan for universal health care is fatally flawed at least he is putting something substantial out there - wait, he's early campaigning for the presidency...

What can we do?

Oh, and Gavin Newsom having an affair with his aide's wife does matter... not because he sleeps around but simply because he's untrustworthy and will do what he pleases if it suits him.