At Abbas' kind invitation, I've joined the team at 3 Quarks Daily as a guest columnist. It's intimidating company to be keeping, but I'll do my best not to lower the tone.
My first essay is up now: The Future of Science is Open, Part 1: Open Access. I won't reproduce it here, because I don't want to split the conversation that I hope it will spark.
I think it's great you're doing this!