"Debt's Two Sides: Riches and Misery"

The Sunday, February 22nd New York Times' Business Section includes an article which refers to a topic all too familiar to most of us: debt (see link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/business/debts-two-sides-riches-and-misery.html?ref=business).  After reading the piece and summarizing it in the blog, state your opinion and the author's.  Be ready to share your views before your classmates for extra credit.

Can we believe news reporters who make-up stuff? Ethical violation?

Miami Herald columnist Carl Hiaasen writes about NBC's Brian Williams 's six months suspension in his Sunday, February 15th's column.  See link below:
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/carl-hiaasen/article10150607.html.

After reading his piece and summarizing it in the blog, state you opinion.  Share your views and Hiaasen's before your classmates for extra credit.

Are vaccines worth the purported risk?

The Sunday, February 8th New York Times' Opinion section includes an article that address the very controversial issue of vaccination.  After reading the article titled  "The Dangers of Vaccine Denial" (see link below:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/opinion/sunday/nicholas-kristof-the-dangers-of-vaccine-denial.html?ref=opinion&_r=0) summarize the author's views and yours in the blog.  Be ready to share your opinions and the author's before your fellow classmates for extra credit.

Are Judges Mostly Conservative, or Are they Impartial?

The Sunday, February 1st, 2015 New York Times' Opinion Section includes a piece titled "Why Judges Tilt to the Right," (see link below:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/sunday-review/why-judges-tilt-to-the-right.html?ref=opinion ).  After reading the article and summarizing it in the blog, state your views about the issue as well as the author's.  Be ready to share your views and the author's before your fellow students for extra credit.

Is it About Him? About the Party, or About the People?

The Sunday, January 24th, 2015 New York Times' Opinion Section includes an article titled "Running for Daylight (Obama, Not Brady) see link bellow:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/opinion/sunday/maureen-dowd-running-for-daylight-obama-not-brady.html?ref=opinion&_r=0

After reading and summarizing the article in the blog, write your views.  Be ready to share your views as well as the author's before your classmates for extra credit.

Can We Do Anything About Climate Change?

The Sunday, January 18th, 2015 New York Times' Opinion section includes an article titled "I a Climate Disaster Inevitable?" (See Link Below:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/18/opinion/sunday/is-a-climate-disaster-inevitable.html?ref=opinion).  After reading the piece, summarize and then state your and the author's opinion.  Be ready to share your views, as well as the author's before your classmates for extra credit.

Truth, Facts, or Propaganda? Whose Views?

The January 11th, 2015's Opinion section of The New York Times includes an article titled: "Race, the Police and the Propaganda" (see link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/opinion/sunday/nicholas-kristof-race-the-police-and-the-propaganda.html?).  After reading the piece and summarizing it in the blog, state your opinion as well as the author's.  Be ready to discuss the article as well as your views and the author's views before your classmates for extra credit.