>Most opinion based articles tend to restate the obvious but never offer anything beyond that. Agreed. The art of writing good opinion pieces is the lay out th

>Most opinion based articles tend to restate the obvious but never offer anything beyond that. Agreed. The art of writing good opinion pieces is the lay out the arguments sequentially so that the reader is led to the conclusion by himself; such that when you state your opinion he's already come to that point of view. It's time-consuming and requires restraint, but it's very effective.