Welcome to the Op/Ed Page on the new Promote the Progress.
As I developed the original Promote the Progress blog over the last four years, I had a lot of fun expressing my personal opinions on various patent-related issues. Not surprisingly, these opinion posts usually elicited the strongest responses from the community.
I frequently struggled, though, with the question of whether or not I should inject personal opinion into the news-related posts. Was the blog primarily a news source? Or a place for me to express my own opinions? Unfortunately, I never fully resolved the issue (despite strong input on it from a few dedicated readers). The blog suffered as a result, because my indecision reared itself as self-censorship.
Ah, but the structure of the new site offers a simple solution to the dilemma. I’ve created this separate area (http://opinions.promotetheprogress.com) solely for my personal opinions. For me, it eliminates the internal struggle because I’ll know that the URL will automatically tell readers that I am expressing personal opinion. Readers will benefit, I think, from the distinction as well….because they’ll know the same thing.
So I’ve bought the barrel of ink…and I’m ready to start using it. 
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This entry was posted by J. Matthew Buchanan on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008, at 2:45 pm, and was filed in admin.
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