Reader Response

Online readings

If you do not have a textbook, you may find many of the essay readings (needed for the discussions) online.

Chapter 22: Online Versus IRL: How Has Social Networking Changed How We Relate to One Another Readings found online:

“Are We Slaves to Our Online Selves?” by Jules Evans http://www.philosophyforlife.org/are-we-slaves-to-our-online-selves/

“Eat, Pray, Post” by Navneet Alang https://newrepublic.com/article/122455/eat-pray-post-how-virality-westernizing-entire-world

“I Know What You Think of Me?” by Tim Kreider https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/i-know-what-you-think-of-me/?mcubz=0

“Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” by Stephen Marche https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/is-facebook-making-us-lonely/308930/

“How Social Media is Having a Positive Impact on Our Culture” by Josh Rose http://mashable.com/2011/02/23/social-media-culture/#MGDwPXYr28qP

Chapter 21: Junk Food: Should Government Regulate Our Intake? Readings found online:

“A Ban Too Far” http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/opinion/a-soda-ban-too-far.html?mcubz=0

“Letters of Response” by Gary Taustine and Brian Elbel http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/02/opinion/bloombergs-supersize-soda-ban.html?mcubz=0

“Evolution’s Sweet Tooth” by Daniel Lieberman http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/opinion/evolutions-sweet-tooth.html?mcubz=0

“Should Governments Tax Unhealthy Foods and Drinks?” by Daniel Marron https://www.forbes.com/sites/beltway/2015/12/14/should-governments-tax-unhealthy-foods-and-drinks/#1a14195d26fb

Chapter 18: Mandatory Military Service: Should it be Required? Readings found online:

“The Draft Would Compel Us to Share the Sacrifice” by Charles Rangel http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2013/01/08/in-the-magazine/reinstate-draft.html

“We Need Trained Soldiers, Not a Horde of Draftees” by James Lacey https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2013/01/reinstate-draft/2/

Chapter 23: Immigration: What is to be Done? Readings found online:

“Five Myths about Immigration” by David Cole http://www.bethechangeconsulting.com/sites/default/files/worksheets/Food_4_thought_Five-Myths-about-Immigration.pdf

“The Worker Next Door” by Barry R. Chiswick http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/03/opinion/03chiswick.html?mcubz=0

“Angels in America” by John Tierney http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/08/opinion/angels-in-america.html?mcubz=0

“Our Brave New World of Immigration” by Victor David Hannon (you will need to scroll down on the page for the article) https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/05/our_brave_new_world_of_immigra.html

Chapter 16: The Current State of Childhood: Is “Helicopter Parenting” or “Free-Range Childhood” Better for Kinds? Readings found online:

“Millennials Are Selfish and Entitled, and Helicopter Parents Are to Blame” by Nick Gillespie http://time.com/3154186/millennials-selfish-entitled-helicopter-parenting/

“The One-Sided Culture War Against Children” by Alfie Kohn http://fair.org/extra/the-one-sided-culture-war-against-children/

Chapter 19: College Education: What is its Purpose? Readings found online:

“3 Reasons College Still Matters” by Andrew Delbanco https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2012/03/04/reasons-college-still-matters/Dfav44acJ8HpkU6Xu2D5CN/story.html

“We Don't Need More Humanities Majors” by Edward Conrad https://www.aei.org/publication/we-dont-need-more-humanities-majors/

“Why I Teach Plato to Plumbers” by Scott Samuelson https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/04/plato-to-plumbers/361373/

“Mathandscience” by Mark Slouka An excerpt from “Dehumanized” read only pages 9 and 10 or the article https://harpers.org/archive/2009/09/dehumanized/9/ and https://harpers.org/archive/2009/09/dehumanized/10/

“Commencement Address, Kenyon College” by David Foster Wallace

· Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYGaXzJGVAQ

· Print version: https://web.ics.purdue.edu/~drkelly/DFWKenyonAddress2005.pdf20: Race and

Chapter 20: Race and Police Violence” How do we Solve the Problem? Readings found online:

“The Birth of a New Civil Rights Movement” by Gene Demby http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/12/ferguson-new-civil-rights-movement-113906

“The New Nationwide Crime Wave” by Heather MacDonald https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-nationwide-crime-wave-1432938425

“No “Ferguson Effect”” by Baltimore Sun Editorial Board http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-comey-police-20151026-story.html

“Are Blacks to Blame for Cops' Actions” by Steve Chapman http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-garner-brown-ferguson-police-brutality-crime-blacks-perspec-1207-jm-20141205-column.html

“Race and Policing: An Agenda for Action” by David H. Bayley, Michael A. Davis and Ronald L. Davis https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/248624.pdf

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Readings found online:

“I Have a Dream”

· Print: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

· Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0yP4aLyq1g

“A Call for Unity” with background information https://www.whatsoproudlywehail.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Group-of-Clergymen_Call-for-Unity.pdf?x65350

“Letter From Birmingham Jail” https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html