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1 I disagree. I think having guns around keeps us safe. Let's say a robber is deciding to rob a house, are they going to go to steal from the house that they know has a gun or the house they know is unarmed? The smart robber will avoid the house with the gun, and the stupid robber will get shot. If there are no guns in either of the houses then they will still from both increasing the crime rate.
 * Citation:** NeJame, Mark. __A Deadly Combination -- Guns and 'Stand Your Ground' <__[]> 30 April 2012
 * Category:** Non-Fiction Opinion Article
 * Precis:** In this straight forward opinion article, Mark NeJame claims that the current gun laws need to be re-evaluated and made more stict order to prevent violence in the streets of America and to eliminate deadly shooting cases such as the Trayvon Martin shooting.
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2 C**itation:** Klinenberg,Eric.__Who Can Solve the Aging Boomers Crisis? Boomers__ <[]> 8 May 2012 I don't think the funding for the new retirement programs that are bound to be created should be funded by the federal government because the government has debt as it is. I think it is important that people take responsibiltiy and save money for their own retirement. I understand that sometimes people do save and it is still not enough and that is when family, friends, and private organizations should step in and help.
 * Category:** Non-Fiction Opinion Article
 * Precis:** In this forboding opinion article, Eric Klinenberg reasons that Americans need to invest more money into retirement housing and services despite the current economic problems in order to provide for the large baby boom generation which consists of many people beginning to reach the retirement age.
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3 I think organ donation is a good thing, but I don't know if I agree with giving out incentives for live organ donations. It seems to me that money would be the wrong reason to donate.
 * Citation:** Satel, Salley. __Facebook, Organ Doners and the Law__ <[] >8 May 2012
 * Category:** Non-Fiction Opinion Article
 * Precis:** In this sentamental opinion article, Salley Satel proclaims that facebook has had a tremendous influence on the American people and has helped increase the number of people agreeing to be organ donors when they die she states this in order to argue that because of facebooks ability to influence it could be the tool that helps persuade the law to allow people to recieve rewards for being a live donor to increase the amount of live donors.
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 * Citation:** Bansal, Sarika. __Shopping for a Better World__ <[]> 9 May 2012
 * Category:** Non-Fiction Opinion Article
 * Precis:** In this revealing opinion article, Sarika Bansal asserts that Americans are willing to spend more on items than they are actually worth if the brand supports a social cause, Bansal does this in order to persuade buisnesses to team up with aid organizations and create a "buy one, give one" product that will encourage the buyer to buy the product so that someone in need can recieve the product as well wich will increase store profits and help make the world a better place.
 * Personal Commentary:** This article was well written because it stated it's claim and then backed it with specific examples of buinesses such as Tomswhich has been very sucessful. The article was also emotionally appealing because the implications were that if we do as Bansal suggests we will be able to help those who are less fortunate which makes everyone happy.

5 While I do think obesity is a problem, I think that people should be responsable for the problem not the government. If someone wants to eat junk all day and become obese than let them. Everyone knows fast food is bad for you, the fast food resturants should not be punished for selling fatty food.
 * Citation:** Stier,Jeff.Almasi, David.__Obesity Forecast is Overblown__ <[]> 9 May 2012
 * Category:** Non-Fiction Opinion Article
 * Precis:** In this surprising opinion article Jeff Stier and David Almasi state that the statistics backing a major increase in American obesity are based on skewed information and faulty research in order to show that the increased government interest in American obesity is really so that the government can place more restrictions and taxes on food corporations that they deem a contributor to obesity and have it approved by the public because of the fear that has been instilled in Americans of an obese future.
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6 I think parenting is a hard issue to talk about because there is no right an no wrong. Alot of it depends on the kid. Some tactics work well with certain personalities but have no effect or even back fire on others. Everyone parents differently and that's okay.
 * Citation:** Warner, Judith. __Parents Do What's Right for Them, Not for the Kids__<[]> 10 May 2012
 * Category:** Non-Fiction Opinion Article
 * Precis:** In this analytical opinion article, Judith Warner argues that a persons style of parenting is based more on how the parent feels they should have been raised than what is actually best for the kid in order to persuade parents that they should put their kids needs first and their wants second so that the child can recieve the best care possible.
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7 Everyone knows that people grow and mature as they get older and that teenagers make mistakes. However I don't think that childhood immaturity should be used as an excuse for bad behavior. While people can change their future actions, they can't deny the actions of their past because those actions are what made them the person they are today.
 * Citation:**McCormack, __T.J. We Were All Idiots in High Shcool, and Then Grew Up__ <[]> 11 May 2012
 * Category:** Non-Fiction Opinion Article
 * Precis:** In this realistic opinion article T.J. McCormack declares that high school is a time when all people are learning and making mistakes in order to prove that a person, particularily a presidential candidate, should not be judged based on the mistakes that he or she made in high school because everyone made mistakes in high school trying to figure life out.
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8 I think it is a good idea. Kdis spend so much time stuck inside on computers that it is nice to be able to go outside and get so fresh air, and hands on experiments are always better because you can see what actually happens instead of reading about it.
 * Citation:** Rotherham, Andrew. __What Do We Do About Poor Science Scores? Take Kids Outside <__[] >11 May 2012
 * Category:** Non-Fiction Opinion Article
 * Precis:** In this instructive opinion article Andrew Rotherham concludes that the best way to raise kids science test scores is by allowing them to go outside and preform hands on experiments in order to promote fun learning that the kids will be able to see and understand therefore allowing them to do better on test, and it will also get the kids outside for some fresh air.
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9 This article is sad because it is true. Too many people are willing to get plastic surgery or take other drastic measures to make themselves feel pretty. I can't imagine how different the world would be if people stopped obsessing about their appearance.
 * Citation:** Ablow, Keith. __Why the Living Barbie' is Dangerous__ <[] >12 May 2012
 * Category:** Non-Fiction Opinion Article
 * Precis:** In this distressing opinion article, Keith Ablow explains that Americans are willing to distort and disfigure their bodies to look more like what is advertised as beautiful in order to show that Americans need to rethink their values and role models because the current values are turning America into a society of people who don't think for themselves and just do what everyone else is doing so that they can become the media's version of beautiful.
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10 It's true that flower and candy companies raise prices on Mothers Day, but that's the way buisness works. When there is a high demand you can raise the price and people will still buy it. It shows how much people love their mom's that they are willing to pay ridiculous prices for the sake of making her Mothers Day special.
 * Citation:** Salyer, Kristen. __Mother's Day Founder Decried its Cra$$ness__ [| 13 May 2012
 * Category:** Non-Fiction Opinion Article
 * Precis:** In this disapproving opinion article, Kristen Salyer emphazises that Mothers Day today is nothing like it was intended 's founder to be by its founder Anna M. Jarvis, Salyer contrasts Anna's intents for Mothers Day with what it is today in order to show how American society has turned the simple jesture of honnoring mothers into a money making scheme where flower and candy companies can drastically raise prices making Mothers Day more about profits than about moms.
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