Overcoming bias is probably the most difficult and the most essential element of intellectual work. At a website called Overcoming Bias sponsored by Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute I stumbled onto what I call a web gem, not to be confused with the term for great defensive plays in baseball.The site hosts contributors who write about their efforts to improve their thinking. The posts are wonderfully diverse and filled with valuable links to academic articles and other resources for those interested in improving their analytical skills. I followed one link to a blog called Metablog where I read an excellent essay about debating "charitably." Though the election is over, the arguments about what comes next will surely be vigorous. In an essay that lays out some intuitive but very valuable "rules for being charitable," Metablog author Chris Capel provides a road map to effective and civil debating.