Word: argumentative
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...editorial board’s goal that staff editorials tend to consistently reflect a particular point of view. On occasion, however, the “Staff” may decide to reverse its position on a particular issue, usually because new evidence or a new argument has arisen. Decisions to reverse a standing position, however, are not arrived at lightly, and overturning a previous staff opinion requires a two-thirds vote of editors present, as well as the consent of the editorial chairs...
...unsolicited. In any case, signed pieces do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board. In fact, we tend to give our writers, especially our columnists and editorial cartoonists, a substantial amount of free reign in choosing their topics; we value clarity and originality of an argument over the particular content of the argument itself...
...that have not been previously articulated on the editorial page. For example, if we have recently published a staff editorial on a particular topic, we are more inclined to publish an op-ed arguing the opposite point of view. In addition to originality, we also look for a strong argument, timeliness, clarity of writing, and cleverness...
...organizations are also welcome. Nevertheless, we require that all op-eds be signed by individuals (up to three); we will not accept for publication articles that have been authored by an organization as a whole or pieces written under pseudonym. Op-eds are meant to examine a particular argument, not make a pitch for a particular upcoming event, so we reserve the right to edit references to upcoming events that a group is holding...
...also consider op-art submissions, including annotated charts, a series of drawings or photographs, or other graphics. Your submission must, however, still make an original argument or convincing point. If your op-ed is chosen for publication, an editor will contact you to start the editing process. Though you will always have final say over the content of your op-ed, we reserve the right to write headlines and choose illustrations to accompany your op-ed (normally, our writers do not write their own headlines either). Lastly, no article is ever guaranteed publication—even the articles that...