Op-ed Rules

I believe an op-ed is mixture between a pursuasive paper and a research  paper. Of course the reader is trying to pursuade you toward his view and get you away from your view. They also need alot of hard evidence to back up  there ideas to really pursuade an audience. Like the op-ed i have just read about lobbyists the author is trying to pursuade me toward believing lobbyists are a substancial cue for government success. My attitudes and opinions have changed because now I look at both sides of the situation rather than hurrying and choosing a side I want to support. I have also become more opinionated of the course of English 110.