Op-ed

and it must be liked by a large audience. In terms of live theatre, the measurements we can apply to gauge “popularity” encompass different mediums. As stated in the article, Hamilton has “been the stuff of encomiums in both fashion magazines and op-ed columns” for several months.Therefore, one medium from which to measure a play’s popularity is the degree to which a play appears on magazines, blogs, etc. Another obvious type of measurement is the numbers of ticket sales and whether or not…

“When Life Asks for Everything” In this editorial, David Brooks, an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, provides us with the insight for two models of human development. The first being what Aristotle called, “ The Four Kinds of Happiness”. This theory simply states that our happiness comes from specific interactions with people and material goods. For example, material pleasure including having nice clothes or a fancy car will ultimately yield far less happiness than helping someone obtain…

Mrs. Slette says it is always hard to sway everyone and it is hard to ‘cut’ programs or initiatives if needed. Mrs. Slette felt the program that needs the most financial support is special ed. Special Ed. kiddos cost the most money to fund for. This is part of the reason why West Fargo and Fargo want to co-op with each other with the school that will provide for those students that have greater needs. These students would have the support and programing they need that we can’t provide in the…

Elinor Burkett’s article What Makes a Woman addresses the topic of gender stereotyping. She emphasizes the need to erase the difference between the definitions of what makes a man and what makes a woman. Due to her status as a woman, and one who has gone through gender studies, Burkett has considerable ethos behind her claim, along with support from anecdotes that build upon the pathos utilized throughout her article. However, while Burkett’s use of pathos strongly supports her argument, as does…

respectively, without their parents’ consent went camping. Early in the morning of the 22nd August they both entered the back yard of the Co-op shop in Newport Pagnell and found bundles of newspapers which they later lit with a lighter they had with them. Each of them threw some lit newspaper under a large plastic wheelie-bin, between which and the wall of the Co-op there was another similar wheelie-bin. After which they left the yard leaving the papers still on fire. As such the newspapers set…

has always been. His message resonated so much that other Republican candidates who were desperatly trying to derail the Trump express toward the GOP presidential nominee also weighed in on China during their failed primary campaigns. Marco Rubio's op-ed in the Journal suggested turning President Xi Jinping’s September 2015 state visit to a “working visit,” and forgo the communist leaders "state dinner.” Scott Walker, a Trump lite candidate who could not gain traction and eventually dropped out…

stimuli that are not necessarily correct. In one instance, inaccurate information, which was generated utilizing reverse inference, was released to the public suggesting an association between anxiety and political party brands among uncommitted voters (Op-Ed Contributers, 2007; Poldrack,…

In "Stuff Is Not Salvation," Anna Quindlen, a columnist at News Week, talks about how American consumers are out of control with buying the things they want instead of what they need. She talks about how the addiction to consumption is becoming much more of a problem than it should be. People love the idea of getting a good bargain and feel as if they can 't pass it up. She also mentions how this has been going on for decades, all the way back to the Great Depression. The big difference between…

Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez wrote in an online op-ed that he was "deeply" disturbed by the developments, and expressed concern that it would "allow doctors to help their patients kill themselves." "Lawmakers did not have any chance to consider the deeper issues raised by end-of-life care in the state…

homeland after years of being away in America. Hong Kong and China are seen as a country that is based on two governments, one system, and people of Hong Kong wants their fair share of acknowledgement of their own, as a state, from the mainland. In this op Ed, “Hong Kong and the Realities of China’s Rise”, readers will see Yuen Ying Chan using rhetorical devices like appeal to authority, and parallel syntactic structure. By using these two rhetorical terms, Yuen Ying Chan argues that Hong Kong…