I've checked several sites for forums, blogs, discussions, etc., and it appears this is by far one of the best sites on the net for this. the others which i checked included gather.com, dailykos.com, worldcrossing.com, as well as individual blogs which are well-formatted for ongoing discussion, such as Brad Setser's blog. I also checked webforum websites such as topix.net. all of these had their own strengths and weaknesses, but only tpmcafe appears to have such a user-friendly interface, plus the ability to read so many messages at once. I urge others to spread the word on this, and i look forward to further discussion here. thanks.