opinions

Make detailed postings (a minimum of 100 words each) in response to EACH question

1. As President Obama defended the NSA’s programs, he said: “It's important to recognize that you can't have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience.” Do you fully agree with this statement? Why or why not?

2. In his article “Secrecy, Privacy and the Future of American Liberty,” Patrick G. Eddington criticizes “a chimerical quest by government officials for a technological 'back door'.” What is "technological 'back door'," and why does the author call the government officials' attempts to have it "chimerical"?

3. While there is no doubt that surveillance played a crucial role to identify the suspects in Boston Marathon bombing, there are growing concerns that it poses a danger to our civil liberties. In “The Boston Bombing, The Right of Privacy and Surveillance Cameras,” Geoffry R. Stone is analyzing “whether surveillance cameras in public violate the Fourth Amendment.” What conclusions does he draw as a result of this analysis?

Make detailed postings (a minimum of 100 words each) in response to EACH question

1. In his article “We Bail out Banks, But Not Desperate Students,” Jesse Jackson compares banks that borrow money from the Federal Reserve to students who take out loans. Is this comparison accurate? Is it fair? Why or why not?

2. According to Richard Vedder’s article “Forgive Student Loans?” forgiveness of student debt is “the second-worst idea ever.” Why? What is the worst idea?

3. Robert Zaller, a college professor, begins his essay “Higher Education’s Coming Crisis” by drawing an analogy between the housing crisis and the cost of private higher education. According to Zaller, how are these two markets similar? Is this comparison accurate?