When I started the DC Shuffle over a year ago, my intention was to write pieces that were well-informed, neutral in tone, and factually accurate. What I wanted to do was remove the top heavy political spin that I saw in most political blogs. Any difference in opinion on so many blogs is met with either denigrating ad-hominem attacks, blanket statements that are based on a minor event, emotional arguments, and a whole host of other fallacies.

The problem I ran into in my effort to remove the spin is that I also largely removed my voice and perspective. In addition, investigating source material that verifies the facts in most posts takes a whole lot of time. I will continue to strive to keep my arguments factually grounded, but I’m going to begin writing opinion pieces that are based on facts and experience without necessarily doing the legwork to find the source material and hyperlinking to it in my piece. For this reason, these types of posts will be categorized as being “from the hip”.

Feel free to challenge me on a post and I will do my best to find the source material to back it up if necessary. If I’m wrong, I will certainly admit to it. I’m not as interested in being right as I am in being truthful.