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The Rhetoric of Argument | |
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The Nature and Process of Argument | |
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Why Argue? | |
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What Is an Argument? | |
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Using Evidence in Argument | |
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Communicating with a Purpose | |
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The Process of Composing an Argument | |
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Using Appeals in Argument | |
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Organizing the Argument | |
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Drafting the Argument | |
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High Score Education | |
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Revising the Argument: A Form of Reevaluation | |
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Reading to Revise | |
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Visual Aids as Tools for Argumentative Writing | |
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Tribal Relations | |
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The Cartoon | |
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Methods of Critical Reading | |
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Reading as a Construction of Meaning | |
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Active versus Passive Reading | |
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Reading as a Writer of Arguments | |
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Writing a Summary | |
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Reading with a Pencil | |
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Say No to Trash | |
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Reading Visuals in Arguments | |
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Becoming a Highly Motivated Reader | |
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Reading Responsibly | |
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High Noon (editorial) | |
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Active Reading as Shared Reading | |
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Using the Modes of Argument as a Schema for Analysis | |
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The Importance of Open-Mindedness when Reading | |
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Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina | |
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Using the Classical Model in Your Arguments | |
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Argument in the Ancient World | |
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The Classical Model of Argument | |
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Student Essay | |
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Ecology vs. Land Development in Trinidad and Tobago | |
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Reinforcing Aristotelian Appeals with Visuals | |
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Anti-Defamation League, School Vouchers: The Wrong Choice for Public Education | |
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Why School Vouchers Can Help Inner-City Children | |
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Using the Toulmin Model in Your Arguments | |
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The Toulmin Model of Argument | |
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Professions for Women | |
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Student Essay | |
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Tobacco: Ignorance Is No Longer an Excuse | |
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Organizing Your Argument Using the Toulmin Model | |
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Declaration of Independence | |
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Using the Rogerian Model in Your Arguments | |
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The Rogerian Model of Argument | |
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Let's Talk About Sexual Harassment in Middle School | |
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Letter from Birmingham Jail | |
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Student Essay | |
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Who Owns Our Children? | |
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Reasoning: Methods and Fallacies | |
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Argumentative Reasoning | |
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The Nature of Fallacies | |
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Strategies of Reasoning | |
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Errors in reasoning | |
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A Taxonomy | |
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Love Is a Fallacy | |
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Researching Your Argument | |
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The Three Faces of Resaerch | |
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Searching Before You Research: Taking a Mental Inventory | |
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Focusing Your Research for Argumentative Essays | |
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Formulating a Strong Thesis | |
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Researching Using the Internet | |
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Searching on the Web | |
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Useful Websites for Writers of Arguments | |
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Researching Using Print Resources | |
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Gathering Information from Email, Telephone Conversations, Interviews, and Surveys | |
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Taking Effective Research Notes | |
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The Role of Serendipity in Research | |
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Evaluating Your Sources | |
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Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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Incorporating Outside Sources into Your Argument | |
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Documenting Your Sources: MLA and APA Styles | |
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Citation of Source Material: A Rationale | |
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Which Documentation Style to Use? | |
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A Guide to MLA Documentation Style | |
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Presenting Quoted Material | |
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Index for Citing Sources: MLA Style | |
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Using Author/Page In-Text Citations | |
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Preparing the MLA List of Works Cited | |
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Sample Student Paper: MLA Documentation Format | |
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Why We Should Punish | |
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A Guide to APA Documentation Style | |
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Presenting Quoted Material | |
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Index for Citing Sources: APA Style | |
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Using Author/Year In-Text Citations | |
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Preparing the APA List of References | |
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Sample Student Paper: APA Documentation Format | |
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Child Molestation: Anything but Your Typical Crime | |
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Reading Custers | |
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Athletics and Academics: How Do They Benefit Each Other? | |
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Are Student Athletes Really Students? | |
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Game Score, Test Scores (editorial cartoon) | |
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Brawn & Brains: Student Athletes Get a Bum Rap | |
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Is Athletics Meeting Its Purpose? | |
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For True Reform, Athletic Scholarships Must Go | |
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Student Essay | |
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Academic Performance of Student Athletes | |
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Issues for Further Research: The Intrinsic Value of College Athletics | |
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Student Visual Essay | |
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The Faces of Sports | |
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Student Essay | |
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Play for Pride, Not for Pay | |
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Intellectual Property: How Should IP Rights be Protected? | |
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How Might the Downloading of Music Files Best Be Regulated? | |
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Troubletown (editorial cartoon) | |
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U.S. Newswire, Jim Rogan Speaks on Intellectual Property Rights: "We Have to Treat Theft as Theft" | |
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Protecting Music | |
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The Internet Debacle: An Alternate View | |
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Thread My Music's Yours | |
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Penalties Frighten Music Traders: Survey Reports Copyright Laws Are Not Daunting | |
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Student Essay | |
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Why I've Stopped Sharing Music | |
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Student Essay | |
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A Language All Their Own | |
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Issues for Further Research: Copyright Term Limits | |
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Mouse Trap: Disney's Copyright Conquest | |
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Needed: Sane IP Laws | |
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Issues for Further Research: Copyright Complexities | |
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Negativland, Changing Copyright | |
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Issues for Further Research: Plagiarism | |
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The Rules of Attribution | |
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Rule No. 1: Don't Copy | |
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Media Regulation: What Are the Issues? | |
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How Should the First Amendment's Freedom of Speech Guarantee Be Applied? | |
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Internet and Censorship (editorial cartoon) | |
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Speech Overview | |
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Campus Speech Issues | |
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The Web Police | |
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Student Essay | |
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Speech Codes: An Insult to Education and a Threat to Our Future | |
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Issues for Futher Research: Book Banning | |
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A Letter to the Chairman of the Drake School Board | |
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Student Essay | |
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The Myth of Book Censoring Within the American Educational System | |
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Student Essay | |
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Censorship of Books for Public High Schools | |
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When Necessary, When Not Issues for Further Research: Effects of Media Violence | |
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Statement Linking Media Violence to Violence in Kids Draws Criticism | |
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TV Isn't Violent Enough | |
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Issues for Further Research: Textbook Sanitizing | |
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CNN Student News, Language Police Bar "Old," "Blind" | |
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Multicultural Learning: What Are the Priorities? | |
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Who, If Anyone, Benefits from Multicultural Education? | |
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Politically Correct (editorial cartoon) | |
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Perspectives: Improving Race Relations One Journalism Class at a Time | |
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Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective | |
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Issues for Further Research: The Canon Debate | |
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Equality and the Classics | |
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A Historian in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass | |
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Student Essay | |
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The Importance of Multicultural Education in Global Society | |
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Issues for Further Research: Bilingual Education | |
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English: The National Language (editorial cartoon) | |
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Linguistic Police (editorial cartoon) | |
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Bilingual or Immersion? | |
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Two Languages Are Better Than One | |
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Speaking a Public Language | |
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Student Essay | |
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Education in English: The Proven Benefits of a Bilingual Academic Program | |
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Student Essay: Yung Le English First | |
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Literacy Development for Students with No Voice: Scheme and Schema | |
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Eliminating Standardized Tests in College Admissions: The New Affirmative Action? | |
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Should the SAT Account for Race? | |
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National Security: How Can the United Stated Best Protect Itself? | |
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What Effects Could the Patriot Act Have on Individual Liberties? | |
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So, It's Agreed (editorial cartoon) | |
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Patriot Act a Vital Tool Against Terrorism | |
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Faking Out the Constitution | |
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USA Patriot Act: What's Next? | |
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Condorville (comic strip) | |
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The USA PATRIOT Act and Patron Privacy on Library Internet Terminals | |
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Big Brother Is Listening | |
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Student Essay | |
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New British Measure Will Harm Civil Liberties | |
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Issues for Further Research: Budgeting for Security | |
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The Cost of Securing the Homeland | |
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Issues for Further Research: Border Security | |
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6000 Guardsmen Are Not Enough | |
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Mexicans See Insult, Danger in Border Plan | |
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Science and Religion: If Common Ground Exists, Where Does It Lie? | |
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What Is the Basis of the Conflict Between Science and Religion? | |
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B.C. (comic strip) | |
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A Designer Universe? | |
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The New Convergence | |
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Miracles and Explanations | |
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Fossils | |
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Great Minds Needn't Think Alike to Be Right: Advocates of Science and Religion Can Co-Exist | |
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Student Essay | |
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Can One Compare Science and Religion? | |
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Issues for Further Research: Teaching Human Origins in the Public Schools | |
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Dorothy, It's Really Oz | |
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Teaching Evolution at a Christian College | |
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Issues for Further Research: Religion in Public Schools | |
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The Real Message of Creationism | |
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Student Essay | |
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The Battle over Creationism | |
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Biomedical Research: What Role Should Ethics Play? | |
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Can Biomedical Issues Be Separated from Politics? | |
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Political Science/Politicized Science (cartoon) | |
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Who Should Read Your Mind? | |
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Bioengineering and Self-Improvement | |
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Ethics, Politics, and Genetic Knowledge | |
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Designer Babies: One Step Closer | |
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Issues for Further Research: The Stem Cell Debate | |
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The Stem Cell Debate | |
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The Morality of Killing Human Embryos | |
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A Middle Ground for Stem Cells | |
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Editors of The New Atlantis, Stem Cell Spin | |
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Issues for Further Research: Transgenic Animals | |
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Genetically Engineered Animals and the New "Pharm" Animal Factories | |
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Patenting Life | |
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A Question of Chimeras | |
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Student Essay | |
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Priorities of Gene Therapy | |
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Masterpieces of Argument: What Do They Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion? | |
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Tragedy of Vietnam (photograph) | |
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Allegory of the Cave | |
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To His Coy Mistress | |
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A Modest Proposal | |
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God | |
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Keynote Adderss at the First Woman's Rights Convention | |
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I Hear the Mournful Wail of Millions | |
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The Obligation to Endure | |
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The Perils of Obedience | |
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The Character of Hamlet's Mother | |
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