Add to that that it's one of the rare publications willing to admit mistakes in judgment One of the more recent examples is the Iraq war, which they supported.

Add to that that it's one of the rare publications willing to admit mistakes in judgment One of the more recent examples is the Iraq war, which they supported. They don't deny that they did that, but think it was a mistake in hindsight. Note that this is quite different then hanging the flag into the direction of the wind of public opinion. Opinion journalism? Hell yes, and they'd probably be the first to admit this. There are areas where I very much disagree with their opinion. This is not only to be expected, but it's actually quite rewarding for the reader. See, reading a well reasoned and researched opinion, which differs fundamentally from my own, actually makes me think through such reasoning and it helps to achieve a world view, which has far more shades of gray then black & white. [edited, typo]