Welcome to the District of Columbia Mountaineer!
I ran a blog for about four years until last fall. It had serious aspirations at times of being a news-opinion blog about issues and politics from the local to the national level but it ran into a few problems.
First, it replicated what a lot of other people had been doing for a lot longer than I had. May I add that they also did it better!
The spread of topics was way too broad. It never occurred to me that at any given point, 2/3 of my audience didn't care about the topic of the day. Also I often used my blog for choir preaching. This always feels good, but it does very little to break new ground.
So I stopped. After several months of thinking about whether or not I even wanted to do a blog mixed with wondering how I could make it better, I figured some things out. The result is the District of Columbia Mountaineer.
This new blog is for those who are interested in government and policy based articles and issues that affect West Virginia either directly or indirectly. In part, this will be an aggregate site that will post articles, press releases, and other items from the nation's capitol that West Virginians might find interesting or useful.
I will also add my two cents when necessary or when I feel like it! I will try to hold to the standard of offering something new in each commentary, but I make no ironclad guarantees.
Warning. This site is free market in nature, meaning that its content will be most liked by folks who are most comfortable with the thinking at either Heritage Foundation or CATO. Basically anywhere between William F. Buckley and Ron Paul. But civil debate from anyone within the comment field is welcome and encouraged.
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