Like the Puzzler on National Public Radio’s popular Car Talk or Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Terminator movies, Horses and the Law has returned from vacation.  The format is the sameÑposts every Tuesday morning, more often if necessaryÑbut the focus of the column has changed.  I’ve always believed, and still do, that the real purpose of journalism is to provide enough unbiased information on both sides of a question to allow intelligent people to make an informed decision.  That’s what I’ve tried to do for the last two years, and aside from a few random observations about boneheaded politicians, all well deserved in my opinion, I think I’ve managed to maintain a fairly neutral stance.

That doesn’t mean my columns have always been read as neutral.  Occasionally we’ve gotten comments placing me at opposite poles on the same issue when I hadn’t intended the week’s post to take either side.  In its new incarnation, Horses and the Law will emphasize opinion and commentary and less straight reporting of factual news stories.  One of the pleasures of working with The Horse is that the staff does an exceptional job of objective reporting and there’s no reason for me to duplicate their efforts.  We’ll still talk about cases and legislation when they matter to people who care about horses and work with them, but in a somewhat different context.  I’ll give you my opinion, but I won’t twist the facts to promote an agenda of any kind.  There’s enough of that out there already

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