The Sunday, September 9th New York Times' Sunday Review section includes an article titled "Obama's English" (see link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/opinion/sunday/obama-and-the-racial-politics-of-american-english.html?_r=1&ref=opinion) which discusses our President's linguistic style.  After reading the article, summarizing it and commenting about t it in the blog, state your views in class for  extra credit points.

Are Journalists Keeping Us Informed about Elections?

The September 2nd New York Times' Sunday Review section includes an article titled "Why Campaign Reporters are Behind the Curve" (see line below: http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/01/why-campaign-reporters-are-behind-the-curve/?ref=opinion.  After reading the article and then summarizing it, and stating your views in the blog, be ready to explain these in front of the class for extra credit points.

How Long Do You Want to Live?:

The Sunday, August 26th New York Times' Opinion Section includes an article titled "How Long Do You Want to Live?" (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/sunday-review/how-long-do-you-want-to-live.html?_r=1&ref=opinion) After reading the article, summarizing it and stating your opinion (about the article and the topic) in the blog, be ready to discuss your view in front of the class for extra credit points.

Will the New Community College Work?

The Sunday, July 22nd New York Times' Education Life section includes an article by education writer Richard Perez-Pena (link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/20/education/edlife/the-new-community-college-cunys-multimillion-dollar-experiment-in-education.html?_r=1&ref=education)  titled "The New Community College Try." After reading the article and familiarizing yourself with terms or persons with which you are unfamiliar, summarize the article and then post your opinion about its content. Be ready to discuss the article's contents and your views in class for extra-credit.

Does Money Corrupt? What Can We do About De-Rigging the System?

The Sunday, July 15 New York Times' Sunday Review Section includes an article titled "How to Get Our Citizens Actually United." After reading the article and summarizing it on the blog, state your opinions about the article and the topic on the blog and be ready to discuss them in class for extra credit points.

Is More Always Better?

The Sunday, July 8th New York Times' Sunday Review Section includes an article titled "Don't Indulge.  Be Happy" ( see link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/opinion/sunday/dont-indulge-be-happy.html?_r=1&ref=opinion) which addresses the issue of our obsession with abundance in our culture.  After reading the article and commenting on the blog, be ready to discuss your views in class for extra credit points.

In the Supreme Court: Liberal? Conservative?

The Sunday, July 1st New York Times' Sunday review section, includes an article titled "No Respite for Liberals" (see link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/opinion/sunday/no-respite-for-liberals.html?_r=1&ref=opinion) which addresses recent Supreme Court decisions. After reading the article and commenting on in in the blog, be ready to discuss it in class for extra credit points.