Op/Ed Week in Review

Associated Content is a Beacon for Readers and Writers Across the Political Spectrum

This week I want to do something a little different. Instead of spotlighting individual opinion pieces published this week, I want to draw attention to an aspect of Associated Content I feel deserves special merit. One of the greatest things about this site is that they don’t take sides. Any political opinion whatever can and probably has been published here. Of course, I have no idea whether any political piece has been rejected on the grounds that it could be considered offensive or dangerous, but I do know that radical opinions from both the left and right are consistently published here. As far as I’m concerned Associated Content is becoming a beacon to both readers and writers of all political persuasions.

That is why I have chosen to spotlight just two content producers in this column. One represents the far left and the other represents the far right. The differences between them, however, go beyond that. I know that I will be subject to allegations that I am favoring the writer from the left. And I admit it. I also admit I’m an unabashed liberal. That being said, I fully suspect that any critique I may make of the conservative writer will be taken as nothing less than a ringing endorsement of her points of view by a large segment of Associated Content visitors. In essence, I feel that taking a critical view of the writer with whom I disagree will do her much more good than harm because most of those who will actively search this writer out will probably be people who are also deterred from reading the writer from the left precisely because I believe he is right.