Homework for Wednesday, Oct. 26

Read all  10 of the Pulitzer-Prize winning articles from Nicholas Kristof here.  The articles are from 2005; the prize was given in 2006.

Keep up with the news.

Read this classic editorial, "A Flower for the Graves."

Homework for Friday and Monday

Homework for Friday: 

Keep up with the news; be prepared to discuss your letters, which are due.

Homework for Monday: 

Friday’s columns by Krugman, Brooks, and Noonan. 
Saturday’s column by Blow.
Sunday’s column by Kristof (New York Times)
Monday’s column by Krugman.
Also, please read my op-ed on civil unions.

Planning a trip to New Hampshire?

To those of you who missed the trip to New Hampshire (you are now required to plan an equivalent trip) and to those who want to go again (political junkies/masochists), here are two good websites that tell you what's going on. 

http://politicalscoop.wmur.com/

http://www.nhgop.org/

The best sources, however, are the campaigns themselves and I have a lot of contact numbers.

Friday's homework

Dear class,

Here’s the homework for tomorrow (most of this is on the syllabus, too).

I’d like you to take three tests (please print the results page of each test, too).

The first two tests will take about 10 minutes or less. The third will take 20 minutes. That’s 40 minutes total.

Test #1 determines who you’d support on the main issues of 2008: McCain or Obama.  It is here. Or here: http://www.votehelp.org/

Test #2 is a Pew quiz.  It will tell you your political “type.”  If the link doesn’t work, go here: http://www.people-press.org/typology/quiz/

Test #3 is a longer, more nuanced examination of your politics.  It is here and here: http://www.politicalcompass.org/test

YOUR HOMEWORK IS:

TAKE THE THREE TESTS, PRINT OUT THE RESULTS, AND BRING THEM IN.  YOU’LL BE TURNING THEM IN, ANONYMOUSLY IF YOU WISH, AT THE END OF CLASS.  ALSO, MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE NEWS.

Some news stories relating to our trip

Romney Badgered on Same-Sex Marriage Questions at NH Town Hall (ABC News)


Romney Avoids Reporters But Not Tough Questions (NBC)


Feisty Romney Barnstorms Granite State (National Journal)

Tarah's blog.

Elizabeth's Twitter posts.

Gabbi's Twitter posts.

Time Magazine blog post

Economy is touchstone for Romney (Concord Monitor)

Report from L.A. Times

Five things You Need to Know About Today (Patch)

Homework for Wednesday and Friday

Here is the Peggy Noonan column from Friday.

Also, read the three book excerpts on eCollege for Wednesday.  If you can't find them, or read them, e-mail me.

Finally, bring $20, $60, or $100 to class (cash is best) for your hotel stay in Nashua.  These amounts are for a place on the floor, a half bed, or a full bed, respectively.

Sincerely,

David

Notes about and homework for Wednesday (9/28), Friday (9/30), and Monday (10/3)

For Wednesday (9/28), please read the following articles (in addition to the news):

Rachel Smolkin, "Judgment Calls," American Journalism Review

Seymour M. Hersh, "Torture at Abu Ghraib," New Yorker

Dana Priest and Anne Hull, "Soldiers Face Neglect, Frustration At Army's Top Medical Facility," Washington Post 

 

 

There is no class Friday (9/30); I am traveling.

 

 

For Monday (10/3), please read the following instead of the articles listed on the syllabus:

Bill Keller, “Traditional News Outlets — Living Among the Guerrillas,” New York Times, 2011.

Daniel Okrent, “THE PUBLIC EDITOR; Is The New York Times a Liberal Newspaper?,” New York Times, 2004.

Larissa Macfarquhar, “The deflationist: How Paul Krugman found politics,” New Yorker, 2011.

Also, as usual, read Noonan, Krugman, Brooks, Blow, and the rest of the assigned news for Monday.