So maybe this article is a good example of why we§ let them:<p>- It&#x27;s ~2180 words long<p>- It takes ~600 words (10 paragraphs) of stumbling around before the author reminds themselves of what we&#x27;re actually here to talk about: the CIA rewriting (or erasing in this case) history<p>- It takes another ~500 words (9 more paragraphs) before the article actually mentions the factual thing that happened that this article is about (document collections removed from public view).<p>People can write how they like, and it might just be that you enjoy the way this person writes, and so enjoy the process of working through this prose to the meat of his point.<p>However, I can&#x27;t help but think that if this was shorter, and if it got to the heart of the issue quicker, more people might finish reading and comprehending it, and actually learn what the article is trying to get across.<p>§ I&#x27;m not from the US so when I say we I really more mean you (if you&#x27;re from the US) but you get the gist