The Issues of Your Time
The issues listed below are issues that will affect everyone in this room (except for me; I’m too old to be affected by any of them at this point.) When the time comes for you to vote in 2020, it will be crucial that you understand these issues so that you can make an intelligent choice of candidates. To that end, take a look at the list of issues below, and what I will be asking you to do to research them...
I have come up with 10 major issues, listed below, that will be debated, discussed, and decided from now until 2020, and most likely beyond. In no particular order...
As you look at these issues, you will see that they all take the form of an argument: that is, each issue has a “should” or “should not” element to it. Here is your assignment:
NB: Almost every print periodical has an on-line version. If, for example, you consult the New York Times, you can buy it on the newsstand or access its online edition. This will satisfy the “hard” source requirement.
Oh, by the way...
The paper you hand in on 2/27 is only half the assignment...
You must then consult 4 additional sources (2 and 2, as above) and argue the OPPOSITE position. So, if for example, you wrote in February that Roe v. Wade should be maintained, you now must write a paper that argues it should be overturned! That paper will be due on Wednesday, April 3, and I will return it on Wednesday, April 10.
Here is the format for the paper...
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As they say, “Strike while the iron is hot!” Get right down to business.
To get us started, we will be having a library orientation session on Wednesday, January 30, from 9:30-10:45. More on that later...