Links to becoming an informed citizen
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Winter 2009

Photography's Ghosts: The Image and Its Artifice

Iraqi Refugees

Stephen King on Horror

High Art: Does anyone notice?

Fall 2008

2nd Presidential Debate

Palin's "girlishness" - NYTimes video blog

Sexism and politics - op-ed

Vice-Presidential Debate - many red herrings, can you find other fallacies?

Presidential Debate - find fallacies for extra credit!

Fallacies, and some fun - Saturday Night Live clip

Argument - a good example of a persuasive essay based on logical argumentation

Sexism in the Workplace: Unexpected experiences - NYTimes article

Sexism in the Election - NYTimes opinion blog by Judith Warner

Feminism and Technology - an interview with subRosa


Winter 2008

Book Review - Why we still need feminism

Philosophy is Hip and Cool

Nicholas Kristof on Race and Gender in Politics

Stanley Fish on Postmodern Theory - a very good article to put some of our readings in perspective

bell hooks on YouTube

"Post-Feminist Age" - NYTimes article on the overlap in responses to Spitzer and Clinton

This American Life - Testosterone episode

Women prevented from voting in Pakistan - report on religious groups threatening women

Babies without sperm!  - a scientific article on research on bone marrow stem cells

NYTimes piece on voting habits of women

NPR Series on Muslim Women in Europe


NYTimes editorial on Politics and misogyny



Winter 2007

NYTimes Article on the demand for girls to be perfect

NYTimes Article on Women in War - how women suffer the double trauma of combat and assault/sexual harrassment from their fellow soldiers

NYTimes Editorial on Hilary Clinton and a Woman as President -  interesting points to consider

NYTimes editorial on the racial politics of speach - read this with Jaggar's piece on outlaw emotions in mind

NYTimes editorial on young girls

Spring 2005

Why good writing is essential - an interesting Op-Ed piece on the state of education


Winter 2005


Judge Harry Blackmun and Women's Rights - a compelling read of Supreme Court history - reads like a novel.

What is Life? Terry Schiavo in the news. Extra Credit opportunity: Using this article write a one page persuasive essay with GOOD argumentation taking a position of what counts as life. 2pts possible

Maureen Dowd's Op-Ed piece on gender disparity and the importance of argumentation

Propoganda: The Need for Critical Thinking

Friedman Editorial - put his argument in premise/conclusion form for extra credit (2 pts possible) - you may find a fallacy or two as well

NYTimes op-ed piece on the logical consequences of Administration

Arthur Danto's review of the new Museum of Modern Art - a model for excellent writing

Fall 2004

NYTimes article on children of same sex parents

NYTimes article on an US women's crusade to assist Iraqi Women

The Gender Wage Gap in Concrete terms - click on link at bottom of page to find calulator

NYTimes article on new men's magazine

Men are from Earth and so are Women: Contesting False Assumptions

Spring 2004

Hip Hop and the Adult Industry
 
 

Winter 2004

Naomi Klein responds to Friedman

Thomas Friedman NYTimes Editorial - Extra Credit

Critical essay on Music Industry

President Bush's State of the Union Address

Sex Trafficking of Girls - NYTimes Magazine article

Whitman New York Times Editorial

Paul O'Neill's Remarks about Iraq and the Bush Administration

Fall 2003

Pointing out Political Fallacies

Who Pays When Walmart Doesn't?

Business Ethics - Stock Exchange Policing
 
 

Fall 2002

Walmart's Discrimination Against Women

Madeleine Albright NYTimes Editoral

RAWA statement on Anniversary of Sept. 11

NYTimes Magazine: The Minister of Rape - the first woman to be accused of war crimes in an international court - a very graphic article

NYTimes Magazine: Men Bahaving Badly - men sexually harrassing men
 
 

From Fall 2001/Winter 2002

Book review of Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia - good background info
 

US relations with Afganistan's Northern Alliance that opposes the Taliban - short background info on foreign relations
 

What does America represent - opinion piece
 

Letter from Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan - excellent background info on US past involvement in region and on the Taliban
 

Glossary of terms in Islam
 

Men and Terrorism - opinion piece
 

Women and Terrorism - opinion piece
 

Arabic Media Internet Network - many links and articles from a different perspective

The Clinton administrations role in Arab relations

The Northern Alliance: on humans rights and drug trafficking - report from RAWA - Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afganistan - check out their website to learn about the oppression of women that has been occuring for the last two decades - www.rawa.org

Condition of Afganistan- look for the assumptions in this article
 

Anti-Terrorism Act - an opinion piece

College Students after Sept. 11 - an article highlighting U of M students - the challenges they face and how they've changed in light of the terrorist attacks

Civil Liberties - an indepth article discussing new executive powers - read with a view of pros and cons