Critical Thinking Articles for Reconstruction

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Spring 2010

• Bryce Covert, "Will Better Consumer Protection Lead to a Credit Crunch for Women?" The Nation, [1]
• Jonas Gahr Store, "Why We Must Talk," The New York Review of Books, April 7, 2011. [2]
• Editorial, "Internet Filtering Bill," Spokesman-Review, [3]
• Sabrina Schaeffer, "Why the Wage Gap?," National Review, [4]
• David Cole, "Can Congress Force Us to Eat Brocolli?," NRYBlog [5]
• Chuck Donovan, "As Marriage Fades, Society Suffers," Heritage Foundation website, Dec 13, 2010. [6]
• Editorial Board, "Judicial Activitism on Health Reform," The New York Times, February 2, 2011 [7] If that link doesn't work click here. My recon
• Conn Carroll, "Morning Bell: Another Victory on the Road to Repeal," The Foundry: Conservative Policy News, Heritage Foundation, Februrary 1, 2011 [8]
• Mark Bittman, "A Food Manifesto for the Future," Opinionator Blog, New York Times, Feb 1, 2011 [9] --- For Class: Read the whole article, then reconstruct the first three bulleted paragraphs as subarguments. For each identify the conclusion and premises in a list. Then identify the general conclusion of the article.
• Thomas Sowell, "Spilled Milk," Human Events, [10]
• Avik Roy, "Florida v. HHS Could Become a Landmark for Individual Liberty," The Agenda, National Review Online, January 31, 2011 [11]
• Fred Upton, "Obamacare: A Pivot Point," National Review Online, January 31, 2011 [12]

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Spring 2009

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• Newt Gingrich, "The Market Can Fix the Problem," US News and World Report, February 2009 Reconstruction of 2009 Gingrich Editorial on Health Care
• Judy Feder, "Federal Action is Required" US News and World Report, February 2009 Reconstruction of 2009 Feder Editorial on Health Care
• Robert Stacy McCain, "It Still Won't Work"
• Brian Wesbury, American Spectator, "Unemployement and Stimulus"
• Editorial, "The Nation Needs Jobs, not a political agenda"
• Paul Krugman, Push Hard for Universal Health Care
• Maude Barlow, "Water is a Human Right"
• Bringing Justice to the War on Terrorism

Dahlia Lithwick, "Forgive Not"

Jack Balkin, "A Body of Inquiries"

• Clark Hoyt, "Keeping Their Opinions to Themselves" NYT, Sunday, October 19, 2008. Recons
• "Revolt of the Nihilists," David Brooks, NYT 9/29/08
• Speech Before the Vote on the Wall Street Bailout Legislation, Speaker of House, Nancy Pelosi, September 29th, 2008

Fall 2008

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• Palin and the Experience Canard, WSJ
• Of course we can win in Afghanistan, Anne Applebaum, Slate
• Obama's "Talking Cure" Commentary
• "Mistaken Authority" Neal Katyal and Justin Florence, Slate
• "Trust Me," NYT 9/23/08
• The Mortgage Buck Stops Where?, Christian Science Monitor, 9/22/08

Fall 2007

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• Will Universal Health Care Wreck Cancer Treatment? See model student reconstructions of this article
• Jesse Walker, Injecting Speed See model student reconstructions of this article
• Herbert, Fantasies, Well Meant NYT 9/10/07
• LaFranchi, H. (2007, September 10). Is Iraq making political strides? (Cover story). Christian Science Monitor, 99(199), 1-11.
• The Economist, " Iraq's Troubles" Sept 13th, 2007.
• Secularism is not Anti-religion
• Civil Rights
• How Do We Fix Elections?