Though my plan has been to share my thoughts every two weeks, as I have looked ahead to some of the material I've pulled together for the coming weeks I feel the need to slightly expand on my introduction.  

I think one recurring criticism will be that I am and will be trying to have things both or all ways.  To some extent, this is true.  But it's not true in the slippery politician way, but because I truly believe that very few issues exist in black and white.  Where there is grey, there is a lot of room to find legitimacy in multiple viewpoints, even when you find one more convincing over another.  Leaning in one direction does not suddenly make the other direction illegitimate, evil, or some similar negative descriptor.

So when I say I will offer few solutions, I say it because most issues are difficult, and have equally valuable yet differing opinions.  I am attempting here to lay out the legitimate countering views with an eye toward facilitating dialogue, both internal within ourselves and external with those we tend to disagree with, in the hope that we can, as individuals, turn down the anger thermostat and try to return ourselves to a point where we have a functioning political debate that is civil, respectful, and productive.

It's an incredibly tall task, one that I alone cannot expect to complete.  But let's try to start.

Next week I'm going to attempt to tackle political correctness...