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| Preface | |
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| Introduction to Writing and Reading Arguments | |
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| What is Argument? | |
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| Deductive Reasoning In Argument | |
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| Induction In Argument | |
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| Different Types of Arguments and Claims | |
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| Reading and Critiquing Arguments | |
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| Annotated Professional Argument | |
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| "What's Making Us Sick Is an Epidemic of Diagnoses" | |
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| Re-creating the Family | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "Saplings in the Storm" | |
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| "Decommercializing Childhood" | |
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| "Multi-Tasking Man" | |
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| "For a Politics of Quality of Life" | |
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| "A More Perfect Union" | |
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| Differing Perspectives: How Can Individuals and Social Institutions Help to Sustain Marriages and Reduce The Rate of Divorce? | |
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| "The Legacy of Divorce" | |
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| "Marriage Plus" | |
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| Educating a Nation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education" | |
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| "How Media Education Can Promote Democracy" | |
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| "Unplugged Schools" | |
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| "Which Number Will You Be?" | |
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| "Cleaner, Greener U" | |
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| Differing Perspectives: Does High Stakes Uniform Achievement Testing Do More Harm Than Good? | |
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| "Testing Makes for Progress in Learning" | |
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| "High-Stakes Testing is Putting the Nation at Risk" | |
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| Revisioning Immigration | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "A Legacy of the Unforeseen" | |
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| "The Return of the Melting Pot" | |
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| "The American Kaleidoscope, Then and Now" | |
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| "Becoming American" | |
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| "Hispanics and the American Dream" | |
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| "Immigration's Aftermath" | |
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| Differing Perspectives: Should Documented Non-Citizen Immigrants Be Given The Right to Vote? | |
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| "Non-Citizen Voting: Pipe Dream or Possibility" | |
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| "The Debate Over Non-Citizen Voting" | |
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| Engaging Work | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "In Praise of Idleness" | |
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| "On the Front Lines of the Service Sector" | |
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| "Is Your Job Going Abroad?" | |
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| "The Legacy of Dreams" | |
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| "Millions of Jobs of a Different Collar" | |
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| "Work Rules" | |
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| Differing Perspectives: Should Work Make Us Happy? | |
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| "Workers of the World, Relax" | |
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| "Work Makes Life Sweet" bell hooks | |
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| Censoring Extreme Speech | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "A Plea for Free Speech in Boston" | |
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| "'Speech Codes' on the Campus and Problems of Free Speech" | |
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| "Hate Speech Harms Public Discourse" | |
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| "On Campus: Free Speech for You But Not for Me?" | |
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| "Conspiracy Theories 101" | |
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| "Celebrity Bigots" | |
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| Differing Perspectives: Should Internet Hate Speech Be Regulated? | |
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| "Countering Hate on the Internet: Recommendations for Action" | |
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| "Why We Need Free Speech Online" | |
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| Blaming the Media for Youth Violence | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "Aggression: The Impact of Media Violence" | |
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| "Stop Blaming Kids and TV for Crime and Substance Abuse" | |
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| "Media and Risky Behaviors: Aggressive and Violent Behavior" | |
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| "Playing War: Real Combat Video Games" | |
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| "Evaluating the Research on Violent Video Games" | |
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| "Testimony on Media Violence" | |
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| Differing Perspectives: Is Media Violence A Result Of The Battle For Ratings Or Our Own Cultural Values? | |
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| "Is Media Violence Free Speech?" | |
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| Speaking Out About Pop Music | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "Crowds and Freedom" | |
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| "Creativity and Band Dynamics" | |
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| "Statement to the Committee" | |
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| "The Venus Hip Hop and the Pink Ghetto" | |
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| "Politicians Might Hear, But Does Popular Culture Have the Power to Make Them Act?" | |
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| Differing Perspectives: Should College Students on Campus be the Target of Recording Industry Crackdowns on Illegal Downloading? | |
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| "The Music Industry's 'Spring Offensive'" | |
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| "Explaining the Crackdown on Student Downloading" | |
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| Spying and Privacy | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "Take My Privacy, Please!" | |
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| "Less Privacy Is Good for Us (and You)" | |
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| "Three Cheers for the Surveillance Society!" | |
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| "The Myth of the 'Transparent Society'" | |
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| International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications | |
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| "Rome Memorandum: Report and Guidance on Privacy in Social Network Services" | |
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| Differing Perspectives: Has the Patriot Act Made Us Feel Safer at the Cost of Our Privacy? | |
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| "1984 in 2003?: Fears About the Patriot Act Are Misguided" | |
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| "Surveillance State" | |
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| Changing Nature | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "GeoSigns" The Big Thaw" | |
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| "Don't Believe the Hype" | |
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| "Policy Address on Global Warming" | |
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| "Is Corporate Greenwashing Headed for a Fall?" | |
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| "Carbon Offsets: Buying Your Way Out of Responsibility" | |
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| Differing Perspectives: Will Genetically Engineered Crops and Organisms Help Us Survive Climate Change or Further Upset The Balance of Nature? | |
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| "Biotech Century: Playing Russian Roulette with Mother Nature's Designs" | |
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| "Will Frankenfood Save the Planet?" | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index | |
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| Additional Titles of Interest | |