People who write about politics, whether on the left or the right, have a consistent bias: they take politics seriously.

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Of course, there are exceptions to every rule. But, as a rule, those who write about politics do so with a bias. They take politics — political issues — seriously. The bias is what makes for good writing and good writing is what readers want.

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