Ch. 3 Analyzing Arguments: From Reading to Writing
Tom Toles, Crazed Rhetoric (cartoon)
	•	[website]  http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/toles
		Online database of cartoons by Tom Toles.
	•	[text]  http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/08/nation/la-na-giffords-shooting-media-20110109
		Los Angeles Times article about the Gabrielle Giffords shooting and its possible connection to overly violent political rhetoric.
Amy Domini, Why Investing in Fast Food May Be a Good Thing
	•	[text]  http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1972656_1972707_1973537,00.html
		Amy Domini was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2005.
	•	[text]  http://www.advisorone.com/2010/05/01/the-green-advisor-ideas-from-a-green-investor
		Article addressing Amy Domini’s perspectives on good investment.
Roger Ebert, Star Wars
	•	[text]  http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19990628/REVIEWS08/906280301/1023
		Roger Ebert revisits Star Wars in 1999, adding to his original review and commenting on the film’s special edition.
Anna Quindlen, from The C Word in the Hallways
	•	[website]  http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/anna-quindlen.html
		Web page with additional writings by Anna Quindlen pertaining to various subjects.
New York Times Editorial Board, Felons and the Right to Vote
	•	[text]  http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/07/opinion/7mon3.html
		Follow-up Times editorial released in 2005 about why felons deserve the right to vote.
	•	[text]  http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/03/22/should-felons-lose-the-right-to-vote/
		Wall Street Journal blog entry about whether felons have the right to vote after finishing their terms in prison.
Jennifer Oladipo, Why Can’t Environmentalism Be Colorblind?
	•	[website]  http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/discuss/462/
		Public discussion page for Jennifer Oladipo’s article.
Fabiola Santiago, In College, These American Citizens Are Not Created Equal
	•	[website]  http://www.fabiolasantiago.com/index.php
		Fabiola Santiago’s website, which contains information about both her and her writings.
Dana Thomas, Terror’s Purse Strings
	•	[text]  http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E4DC143FF937A3575AC0A9619C8B63
		Letters to the editor of the New York Times about the issue of counterfeit handbags.
Sandra Day O’Connor and Roy Romer, Not By Math Alone
	•	[text]  http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/for_justice_breyer_the_need_for_civic_education_is_as_clear_as_blue_and_red/
		Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer outlines his beliefs about the importance of civic education across America.
Malcolm Gladwell, from Outliers
	•	[video]  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz4hPbHIZ6Y
		Malcolm Gladwell speaks about his Outliers book in an interview on CNN.
	•	[text]  http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1858880,00.html
		Time magazine article about the clever and personal nature of Gladwell’s book.
	•	[text]  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/books/18kaku.html?pagewanted=all
		An editorial from the New York Times criticizing the apparent weaknesses of Gladwell’s writing in Outliers.
Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence
	•	[text]  http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/jefferson.htm
		Brief summary of the circumstances surrounding the writing of the Declaration of Independence. Includes excerpt from John Adams’s letter to Timothy Pickering.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, The Declaration of Sentiments
	•	[text]  http://www.historynet.com/seneca-falls-convention-first-womens-rights-convention.htm
		Article about the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Seneca Falls Convention at which the Declaration of Sentiments was produced.
Polyp, Rat Race (cartoon)
	•	[video]  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4OPFl2Kxhs
		Animated version of Polyp’s Rat Race cartoon, produced for Friends of the Earth.
	•	[website]  http://www.polyp.org.uk/cartoons.html
		Online database of cartoons by Polyp.
Alfred Stieglitz, The Steerage (photo)
	•	[text]  http://college.cengage.com/english/heath/harris.htm
		Some more information about Alfred Stieglitz and the artistic, personal nature of The Steerage.
U.S. Postal Service, The Heroes of 2001 (stamp)
	•	[text]  http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=91576&page=1#.T9o6JZjhf80
		ABC News article about the motivations behind the iconic Heroes of 2001 stamp.
	•	[text]  http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/27/september11.stamp/
		CNN reporting the proceeds from the sale of the September 11 stamp. All proceeds went to the families of rescuers killed or permanently disabled in the terrorist attacks.
Tom Toles, Heavy Medal (cartoon)
Michael Binyon, Comment: Absurd Decision on Obama Makes a Mockery of the Nobel Peace Prize
	•	[text]  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125509603349176083.html
		Wall Street Journal article addressing the controversy over the Nobel Committee’s decision to award the 2009 Peace prize to U.S. President Barack Obama.