The goal of Bacon’s Rebellion has always been to maintain a high-quality comments section where people of diverse views can engage in civil dialogue on topics of state and local interest. Inevitably, commenters, being human, are tempted to stray from matters addressed in the columns. Before long, some wind up debating the price of eggs in China. Readers of the comments who are curious to see what others are saying about the column can be deluged with irrelevant material.

To address that problem, Bacon’s Rebellion is limiting new threads to two per reader. That restriction does not apply to those responding to the comments of others. Readers still will be able to respond to one another on existing threads as much as they like. (We will monitor those threads, however, to make sure readers aren’t using them to introduce new and off-topic subjects.)

If readers have a burning desire to discuss issues not raised by our regular columnists and guest contributors, I will consider setting up a special post where you can go at it with your favorite antagonists. Email me your suggestions at [email protected].