Saturday, October 6, 2012

Weekend Homework: Articles for consideration and comment

Good morning AP GOV!

Here are a few links to use for inspiration. Your task is to choose one, read it and comment on it. Use evidence from the article in your commentary. What do you think? What connections can you make? What additional information does the article make you want to discover?

Romney Deflates the President:  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444223104578036902059331748.html

Clash of Philosophies:  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/us/politics/debate-a-clash-over-governments-role-news-analysis.html?pagewanted=all

Fact Checks and Analysis:  http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2012/10/03/fact-checks-and-analysis/gUsQaIslLte7Znlr17V1oL/story.html

Don't Mess With Big Bird:  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/06/opinion/blow-dont-mess-with-big-bird.html?_r=1

Important Issues Ignored:  http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/the-denver-debate-ignored-hugely-important-domestic-issues/263227/

The Right to Lie?:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/do-candidates-have-a-constitutional-right-to-lie/2012/10/05/1bb9fa8e-0ef5-11e2-a310-2363842b7057_story.html

Romney's Sick Joke:  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/opinion/krugman-romneys-sick-joke.html?src=me&ref=general

Romney fact-checked by his own campaign:  http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/10/06/162404662/romney-health-care-debate-claim-gets-corrected-by-his-own-staff?sc=fb&cc=fp

I am also open to seeing what other articles you find when you do your 30 minutes a day of current events political reading. Feel free to post! If you go beyond the requirement of commenting, you will earn extra HW credit by creating an additional post with link, analysis and questions.





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