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
Palin's "girlishness" - NYTimes video blog
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
Hip Hop and the Adult Industry Spring 2004
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
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