If he builds it, would they come?

David at Blue Mass. Group attended Christopher Lydon's New England Common/blog session yesterday, in which Lydon proposed what sounds a bit like a New England version of Huffington Post:

... I think he is perhaps looking for higher-brow stuff than we serve up [at Blue Mass. Group], perhaps authored by folks with actual qualifications. He's also looking for topics beyond politics - he wants the best of New England's culture, sports, science, and philosophy, as well as politics, all under one "Common" cyber-roof. ...