Welcome to the policyguy.townhall.com blog. While I do a fair amount of blogging elsewhere, stop by here for observations and commentary, too.

As an introduction to this blog, let me say what it's about:
- Public policy
- State government
- Budgets, economics, education, health care, taxation, and other topics which concern state and local officials.

Here's what it isn't about:
- Politics
- Popular culture
- Sports

Here's what I won't be doing:
- Second-guessing the political strategies of politicians
- Serving as a booster of any political party
- Handicapping political races
- Telling you what I think about the latest blockbuster movie, what I ate for dinner last night, or philosophical or religious controversies.

If there's a word for this blog, it may be boring. Boring in the sense that it's focused on ideas and not personalities, analytical rather than partisan, and  earnest and not clever.

If you find the blog useful or a worthy read, great! If not, well, one of the great things about this country is the innumerable options available to us. Life's too short to spend your time reading stuff that has no interest or use to you.

By the way, thanks to the folks at TownHall.com for (re)launching this site. It should prove interesting.