ChaddsFordLive.com is doing something right. We’re also
doing something wrong.
On the positive side, we are now on our way to 600
registered readers with a subscription rate of almost 50 percent. Even better,
we’re getting more than 20,000 visits per month and the number of advertisers
is also growing. That’s good for us.
But there’s still a problem. Apparently, we’re not getting
people angry enough for them to write to us on the record. Off the record,
people have complained about some of the editorials, especially those critical
of President Barack Obama and his national healthcare drive.
(One supporter of pres. Obama was upset even when an
editorial said the administration had done something right. Go figure.)
But those criticisms have been asides, with people unwilling
to have those comments published. How sad.
We have no problem with disagreements or criticism. We
welcome them. So standup and let your opinion be seen, read and counted.
ChaddsFordLive.com provides three ways for people to express
opinions.
First there is the comment box below every story, column and
editorial. We pay extra for a web service that enables readers to comment online, so take advantage of the opportunity. Drop a
sentence or two when you want to express a brief comment for or against
whatever is published.
If you have a few more sentences to get off your mind, write
a letter to the editor. About 200 words is a good length.
Lastly, for those who have more to say, there’s always the
opportunity to write an op-ed piece of 450 to 550 words, the length of an
average editorial.
But unless readers write in on the record in one of those
three ways, reader opinion will not be published. It can’t be without reader
input.
For the record, the editorial policy here is decidedly
libertarian, that government has no rights other than those expressly permitted
by the U.S. Constitution, and that individual men and women may do anything not
expressly prohibited.
The only time government—be it federal, state or local—can
morally intrude into the affairs of citizens is when someone has initiated an
act of force or fraud, and when someone violates the rights of another. Other
than that, government should leave people to make their own choices for their
own lives.
Adherence to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are the
only things that separated the U.S. from any other country. They are the
reasons people fled other nations, risking to start a new life here where they
were free to work and build as they saw fit, without approval from king or
dictator.
Some people succeeded others failed. But if people aren’t
free to reap the rewards of their efforts, or free to fail or make mistakes, they are not free.
Agree? Disagree? Write us…on the record.
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