"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.

Is Common Core Any Good?

The Sunday, Jan. 4th 2015 Miami Herald's Opinion section includes an article by columnist Helen Aguirre Ferre titled "Smart Conservatism at the core" see link:
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/article5349657.html.  After reading the article, summarize it in the blog and state your opinion as well as the author's. Be ready to discuss the article, your views and the author's views before your classmates for extra credit.

Do We Know What Really Happened?

The link below:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/opinion/sunday/a-week-of-facts-vs-interpretation.html?ref=opinion&_r=0

refers to a New York Times' Dec. 7th piece about the recent killing of African-American men in the hands of police.  Read the piece and summarize it in the blog.  State yours and the author's opinion and be ready to discuss both in class before your fellow students for extra credit

Does it Depend on Who We Are, or Where We Stand?

The November 30th, 2014 New York Times' Opinion Section includes an article titled "Where Do We Go After Ferguson" (see link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/opinion/sunday/where-do-we-go-after-ferguson.html?ref=opinion ).  Read the article, summarize it and state the author's as well as your opinion.  Be ready to share these in class before your classmates for extra credit.

Do We Like to Show Off? It's This a New Trend?

The Sunday, November 23rd, 2014 New York Times' Business Section includes and article titled "Conspicuous Consumption? Yes, but It's Not Crazy" (see link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/23/upshot/conspicuous-consumption-yes-but-its-not-crazy.html?ref=business&_r=0).  After reading the piece, summarize it in the blog and state your opinion as well as the author's. Be ready to share the piece as well as you views in class before your classmates for extra-credit.

Do Whites Get It? If Not... Why?

The Sunday, Nov. 16th's New York Times' Opinion Section has an article entitled "When White Just Don't Get It, Part 4" (see link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/16/opinion/sunday/when-whites-just-dont-get-it-part-4.html?ref=opinion.
After reading the piece and summarizing it in the blog, write your opinion.  Be sure to share your views and those of the author before your classmates to earn extra credit.

A Sliver Lining? Gray Hair? You've go to be kidding!

Turning to another topic.... The New York Times' Opinion Section this week has an article whose headline reads: "Gray Hair and Silver Linings." (see link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/09/opinion/sunday/frank-bruni-gray-hair-and-silver-linings.html?ref=opinion&_r=0). Read it (and know that this will happen to you  if you're lucky) and summarize in the blog the author's views, state yours also.  Be ready to discuss your views with your classmates for extra credit.

Is Obama the most Anti-Nuke President?

The Sunday, Nov. 2nd New York Times' Opinion section includes an article titled "Why President Cut the Most Nukes" (see link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/sunday-review/which-president-cut-the-most-nukes.html?ref=opinion).  After reading the piece and summarizing it in the blog, state your opinion and the author's.  Be ready to share your views as well as the author's before your classmates for extra credit.

After more than 50 years, should the U.S end the embargo?

The Sunday, October 26th edition of the New York Times includes an editorial titled "The Shifting Politics of Cuban Policy" see link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/opinion/sunday/the-shifting-politics-of-cuba-policy.html?ref=opinion&_r=0).  After reading the editorial and summarizing it on the blog, state your views and those of The Times.  Be ready to discuss both before your fellow students for extra credit.

Ebola Conspiracy Theories? That too?

The Sunday, October 19th New York Times' Opinion Section includes a piece titled "The Ebola Conspiracy Theories" (see link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/sunday-review/the-ebola-conspiracy-theories.html?ref=opinion).  After reading the article and summarizing it in the blog, state you opinion as well as the author's.  Be ready to discuss the article as well as your views in class before your classmates for extra credit.

"Appetite, Bill and Barack"

Frank Bruni, a New York Times columnist, compares Bill Clinton to our current president in  his October 12th column, see link:
(http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/opinion/sunday/frank-bruni-appetite-bill-and-barack.html?ref=opinion&_r=0). After reading the piece and summarizing it on the blog, state your opinion and the author's.  Be ready to share your views with your fellow students for extra credit.

Whose Rights? Who are People?

The Sunday, October 5th's  New York Times' Opinion Section includes an article titled "Who Are 'We, the People'?" (see link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/opinion/sunday/who-are-we-the-people.html?ref=opinion). After reading the piece and summarizing it in the blog, state your opinion as well as the author's.  Be ready to discuss the piece as well as your views before your classmates for extra credit.

Don't Wait Until Tomorrow... but then on the Other Hand...

The  Sunday, September 28th New York Times'  Opinion section includes an article  titled "How to Stop  Time" (see link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/opinion/sunday/how-to-stop-time.html?ref=opinion&_r=0).  After reading it (in one  seating, hopefully) summarize it and write your opinion and the author's.   Be ready to share your views and the author's before your classmates for extra credit.

Can Computers Replace your Doctor?

The Sunday, Sept. 21st,,2014's New York Times' Opinion section includes an article title, "Can  Computers Replace your Doctor?" (see link:
(http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/sunday-review/high-tech-health-care-useful-to-a-point.html?ref=opinion).  After  reading the  piece and summarizing it in the blog, state your opinion and the share your opinion as well as the author's before your classmates for extra credit