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| Alternate Contents: Types of Arguments | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Persuading with Good Reasons | |
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| What Do We Mean by Argument? | |
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| What Does Argument Mean for College Writers? | |
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| How Can You Argue Responsibly? | |
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| How Can You Argue Respectfully? | |
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| Reading and Discovering Arguments | |
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| Why Argue? | |
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| Why Do People Write Arguments? | |
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| Finding Good Reasons | |
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| Why Do Some Arguments Succeed? | |
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| What Are the Goals of Arguments? | |
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| What Are Rhetorical Appeals? | |
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| Rachel Carson, The Obligation to Endure | |
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| Reading Arguments | |
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| Read Critically | |
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| Read Actively | |
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| Finding Good Reasons | |
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| Recognize Fallacies | |
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| Respond as a Writer | |
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| Finding Arguments | |
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| Find Arguments in Everyday Conversations | |
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| Find a Topic that Interests You | |
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| Find a Claim by Exploring | |
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| Finding Good Reasons | |
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| Find a Claim by Reading | |
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| Find Good Reasons | |
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| Find Evidence to Support Good Reasons | |
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| Drafting and Revising Arguments | |
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| State and Evaluate Your Thesis | |
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| Think about Your Readers | |
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| Finding Good Reasons | |
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| Organize Your Argument | |
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| Write an Engaging Title and Introduction | |
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| Write a Strong Conclusion | |
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| Evaluate Your Draft | |
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| Respond to the Writing of Others | |
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| Edit and Proofread Carefully | |
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| Analyzing Arguments | |
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| Analyzing Written Arguments | |
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| What Is Rhetorical Analysis? | |
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| Build a Rhetorical Analysis | |
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| Analyze the Rhetorical Features | |
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| Analyze the Rhetorical Context | |
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| Write a Rhetorical Analysis | |
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| Barbara Jordan, Statement on the Articles of Impeachment | |
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| T. Jonathan Jackson (student), An Argument of Reason and Passion: Barbara Jordan's "Statement on the Articles of Impeachment" | |
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| Steps to Writing a Rhetorical Analysis | |
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| Analyzing Visual Arguments | |
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| What Is a Visual Argument? | |
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| Analyze Visual Persuasion | |
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| Analyze Visual Evidence | |
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| Build a Visual Analysis | |
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| Write a Visual Analysis | |
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| Angela Yamashita (student), Got Roddick? | |
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| Steps to Writing a Visual Analysis | |
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| Writing Arguments | |
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| Putting Good Reasons into Action | |
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| Use Different Approaches to Construct an Argument | |
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| Finding Good Reasons | |
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| Definition Arguments | |
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| Understand How Definition Arguments Work | |
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| Recognize Kinds of Definitions | |
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| Finding Good Reasons | |
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| Build a Definition Argument | |
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| Scott McCloud, Setting the Record Straight | |
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| Chris Nguyen (student), Speech Doesn't Have to Be Pretty to Be Protected | |
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| Steps to Writing a Definition Argument | |
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| Causal Arguments | |
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| Understand How Causal Arguments Work | |
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| Find Causes | |
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| Finding Good Reasons | |
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| Build a Causal Argument | |
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| Annie Murphy Paul, The Real Marriage Penalty | |
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| Emily Raine, Why Should I Be Nice to You? Coffee Shops and the Politics of Good Service | |
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| Steps to Writing a Causal Argument | |
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| Evaluation Arguments | |
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| Understand How Evaluation Arguments Work | |
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| Recognize Kinds of Evaluations | |
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| Finding Good Reasons | |
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| Build an Evaluation Argument | |
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| Michael Eric Dyson, Gangsta Rap and American Culture | |
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| Rashaun Giddens (student), Stop Loss or "Loss of Trust" | |
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| Steps to Writing an Evaluation Argument | |
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| Narrative Arguments | |
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| Understand How Narrative Arguments Work | |
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| Recognize Kinds of Narrative Arguments | |
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| Finding Good Reasons | |
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| Build a Narrative Argument | |
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| Leslie Marmon Silko, The Border Patrol State | |
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| Dagoberto Gilb, My Landlady's Yard | |
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| Steps to Writing a Narrative Argument | |
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| Rebuttal Arguments | |
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| Understand How Rebuttal Arguments Work | |
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| Finding Good Reasons | |
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| Recognize Kinds of Rebuttal Arguments | |
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| Build a Rebuttal Argument | |
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| Dan Stein, Crossing the Line | |
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| Gregory Rodriguez, Illegal Immigrants-They're Money | |
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| Steps to Writing a Rebuttal Argument | |
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| Proposal Arguments | |
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| Understand How Proposal Arguments Work | |
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| Recognize Components of Proposal Arguments | |
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| Finding Good Reasons | |
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| Build a Proposal Argument | |
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| Thomas Homer-Dixon and S. Julio Friedmann, Coal in a Nice Shade of Green | |
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| Kim Lee (student), Let's Make It a Real Melting Pot with Presidential Hopes for All | |
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| Steps to Writing a Proposal Argument | |
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| Designing and Presenting Arguments | |
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| Designing Arguments | |
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| Think About Your Readers | |
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| Know When to Use Images and Graphics | |
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| Compose and Edit Images | |
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| Create Tables, Charts, and Graphs | |
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| Design Pages for Print | |
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| Design Pages for the Web | |
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| Presenting Arguments | |
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| Plan in Advance | |
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| Design Effective Visuals | |
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| Focus on Your Delivery | |
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| Researching Arguments | |
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| Planning Research | |
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| Analyze the Research Task | |
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| Find a Subject | |
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| Ask a Research Question | |
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| Gather Information About the Subject | |
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| Draft a Working Thesis | |
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| Finding Sources | |
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| Search with Keywords | |
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| Find Books | |
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| Find Journal Articles | |
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| Find Web Sources | |
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| Evaluating and Recording Sources | |
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| Evaluate Print Sources | |
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| Find Information to Cite Print Sources | |
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| Evaluate Database Sources | |
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| Find Information to Cite a Database Source | |
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| Evaluate Web Sources | |
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| Find Information to Cite a Web Source | |
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| Writing the Research Paper | |
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| Review Your Goals and Thesis | |
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| Determine Your Contribution | |
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| Determine Your Main Points | |
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| Avoid Plagiarism | |
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| Quote Sources Without Plagiarizing | |
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| Summarize and Paraphrase Sources Without Plagiarizing | |
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| Incorporate Quotations | |
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| Incorporate Visuals | |
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| Documenting Sources in MLA Style | |
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| Elements of MLA Documentation | |
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| MLA In-Text Citations | |
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| MLA Works-Cited List: Books | |
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| MLA Works-Cited List: Periodicals | |
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| MLA Works-Cited List: Library Database Sources | |
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| MLA Works-Cited List: Online Sources | |
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| MLA Works-Cited List: Other Sources | |
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| Sample MLA Paper: Brian Witkowski (student), Need a Cure for Tribe Fever? How About a Dip in the Lake? | |
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| Documenting Sources in APA Style | |
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| Elements of APA Documentation | |
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| APA In-Text Citations | |
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| APA References List: Books | |
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| APA References List: Periodicals | |
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| APA References List: Library Database Sources | |
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| APA References List: Online Sources | |
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| APA References List: Other Sources | |
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| Contemporary Arguments | |
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| Negotiating the Environment | |
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| American Environmentalism | |
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| Contemporary Arguments | |
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| Edward O. Wilson, The Conservation Ethic | |
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| Sidebar: Aldo Leopold, From The Land Ethic | |
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| N. Scott Momaday, The Way to Rainy Mountain | |
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| Robert Bullard, How Race Affected the Federal Government's Response to Katrina | |
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| Wendell Berry, Manifesto: Mad Farmer Liberation Front | |
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| Issue in Focus: Climate Change | |
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| Al Gore, What Is Global Warming? | |
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| Al Gore, Ten Things to Do to Help Stop Global Warming | |
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| Christopher C. Horner, Top Ten "Global-Warming" Myths | |
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| Glenn McCoy, And Looking at Our Extended Forecast ... (cartoon) | |
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| Philip Jenkins, Burning at the Stake | |
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| Alex Williams, Buying into the Green Movement | |
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| Chicago Tribune, Fast Clothes vs. Green Clothes (editorial) | |
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| Elisabeth Rosenthal, Environmentally Unfriendly Trend: Fast Fashion | |
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| Sidebar: How "Green" Is Your T-Shirt? | |
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| From Reading to Writing | |
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| Confronting Sexual Difference | |
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| Sexual Difference in American Culture | |
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| Contemporary Arguments | |
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| Carmen Vazquez, Appearances | |
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| Peter J. Gomes, Homophobic? Read Your Bible | |
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| Ryan T. Anderson, Struggling Alone | |
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| Issue in Focus: Same-sex Marriage | |
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| Proposed Amendment to the U.S. Constitution | |
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| Matt Davies, We're Here to Defend ... (cartoon) | |
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| House of Representatives, The Defense of Marriage Act | |
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| Anna Quindlen, Evan's Two Moms | |
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| Sonya Geis, A New Tactic in Fighting Marriage Initiatives | |
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| From Reading to Writing | |
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| William F. Jasper, Subversion Through Perversion | |
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| Marc Haeringer, Coming Out in the Line of Fire | |
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| Emily Martin and Katie Schwartzmann, Bad for Both Boys and Girls | |
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| Andrew Sullivan, The End of Gay Culture | |
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| Alexa Hackbarth, Vanity, Thy Name Is Metrosexual | |
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| Globalization: Importing and Exporting America | |
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| America's Place in the World | |
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| Contemporary Arguments | |
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| Henry Payne, The Bad News Is ... (cartoon) | |
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| Mae M. Ngai, No Human Being Is Illegal | |
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| Michelle Malkin, Beware of Illegal Aliens Seeking Hazmat Licenses | |
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| Sidebar: Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus | |
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| Sidebar: Thomas Bailey Aldrich, The Unguarded Gates | |
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| Helen Epstein, Immigration Maze | |
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| Wiley Miller, What's the Worst That Can Happen ...? (cartoon) | |
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| Todd Gitlin, Under the Sign of Mickey Mouse & Co. | |
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| Urvashi Butalia, Living the Dream | |
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| Sidebar: National Readership Survey 2006: Women's Attitudes in India | |
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| Laura Carlsen, Wal-Mart vs. Pyramids | |
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| Darla K. Deardorff, In Search of Intercultural Competence | |
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| Science and Ethics | |
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| The Ethics of Science and Technology | |
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| Contemporary Arguments | |
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| Bill Joy, Why the Future Doesn't Need Us | |
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| Francis Fukuyama, A Tale of Two Dystopias | |
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| Ralph C. Merkle, Nanotechnology: Designs for the Future | |
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| Ursula Franklin, Beautiful, Functional, and Frugal | |
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| Bill Gates, A Robot in Every Home | |
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| Christine Soares, Attitude Screen | |
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| Issue in Focus: Stem Cell Research | |
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| Ron Reagan, Speech at the Democratic National Convention, July 21, 2004 | |
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| Pat Oliphant, The Ronald Reagan Eulogy Will Be Delivered ... (cartoon) | |
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| Steven Milloy, Ron Reagan Wrong on Stem Cells | |
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| Richard M. Doerflinger, Don't Clone Ron Reagan's Agenda | |
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| From Reading to Writing | |
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| Privacy | |
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| New Challenges to Personal Privacy | |
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| Contemporary Arguments | |
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| David Brin, Three Cheers for the Surveillance Society! | |
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| Ted Koppel, Take My Privacy, Please! | |
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| John McPherson, It's Part of the Government's New Emphasis ... (cartoon) | |
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| Randall Larsen, Traveler's Card Might Just Pave the Way for a National ID Card | |
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| Jennifer Burk, Counselors Walk a Fine Line Weighing the Rights of Student and College | |
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| Jeffrey Zaslow, The End of Youthful Indiscretions: Internet Makes Them Permanent Blots | |
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| Issue in Focus: Biometrics: Measuring the Body for Identity | |
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| Steven C. Bennett, Privacy Implications of Biometrics | |
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| Paul Saffo, A Trail of DNA and Data | |
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| FBI, Using Technology to Catch Criminals | |
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| Russ Ryan, Emerging Biometric Technologies | |
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| Sidebar: Voice Verification for Transactions | |
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| J. G. Domke, Will Cash and Credit Cards Become Extinct in the Not-So-Distant Future? | |
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| From Reading to Writing | |
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| Regulating Substances, Regulating Bodies | |
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| Private Bodies, Public Controls | |
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| Contemporary Arguments | |
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| Joseph A. Califano Jr., The Right Drug to Target: Cutting Marijuana Use | |
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| Eric Schlosser, Make Peace with Pot | |
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| Issue in Focus: Regulating Tobacco | |
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| Philip Morris, Camel Lights Ad | |
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| American Legacy Foundation, Antismoking Ad | |
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| Gary Trudeau, Doonesbury: The Sin Lobby Gins Up ... (cartoon) | |
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| Douglas Bettcher and Chitra Subramaniam, The Necessity of Global Tobacco Regulations | |
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| Walter E. Williams, Nazi Tactics | |
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| From Reading to Writing | |
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| Malcolm Gladwell, Drugstore Athlete | |
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| Bill Amend, What's This? (cartoon) | |
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| Michael Berube, Citizenship and Disability | |
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| Barry Blitt, New Yorker Cover | |
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| Terrence Rafferty, Kate Winslet, Please Save Us! | |
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| Susan Llewelyn Leach, Those Extra Pounds-Are They Government's Business? | |
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| Mim Udovitch, A Secret Society of the Starving | |
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| Consumer Freedom, Obesity Ads | |
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| Pippa Wysong, Modified | |
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| Eric Lewis, The Subtext of All Tattoos (cartoon) | |
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| Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Like Father, Like Son Ad | |
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| Susan Kinzie, A Rare Kind of Rush: A Sorority Based on Islamic Principles | |
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| New Media | |
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| Personal Space in Cyberspace | |
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| Contemporary Arguments | |
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| Andrew Keen, Is Google's Data Grinder Dangerous? | |
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| Sidebar: John Perry Barlow, A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace | |
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| John Seigenthaler, A False Wikipedia "Biography" | |
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| Walt Handelsman, Information Superhighway (cartoon) | |
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| Michael Gerson, Where the Avatars Roam | |
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| Jessica Bennett and Malcolm Beith, Alternate Universe | |
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| Marcelle S. Fischler, Putting on Lip Gloss, and a Show, for YouTube Viewers | |
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| Sidebar: Joe Duffy and Andrew Keen, Can Anyone Be a Designer? | |
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| danah boyd, Facebook's "Privacy Trainwreck": Exposure, Invasion, and Social Convergence | |
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| Stephen Williams, Getting Off the Couch | |
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| A Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index | |