Word: argumentive
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...credited the measure’s success and speedy passage to the nature of the Darfur issue. “It’s just a situation that can’t exist,” CERF Chair Jerry Sagnella said. “There’s no argument...for it on the other side of the coin.” Sagnella emphasized that it was important for divestment not to become a political tool in split issues. “You’ve gotta be careful on issues like that because you’re setting yourself...
...supported her argument by citing the failure of guest worker programs in Germany and Saudi Arabia, and the excluded minorities—Turks and Filipinos, respectively—they produced...
...continue to be a party of tolerance, not a party of protectionism and xenophobia.But to unite U.S. workers and immigrants, Democrats need to change their pitch. First, they need to stop claiming that immigrants only take the jobs that Americans don’t want. Not only does this argument manage to combine xenophobia with condescension towards low wage workers, it severely undermines the potential for solidarity between low wage workers, regardless of citizenship. Democrats should admit that immigrants compete for the same jobs and face the same hardships that American workers face. This doesn’t mean that...
...start filling it back up one by one, and there?s no case that?s ripe yet so it could be 15 or 20 years of appeals before anyone actually is executed (if the moratorium gets lifted). There?s this push for perfection. But that raises the argument, how do you perfect a system...
...reading. In fact, many professors expect that their students will not do all the required reading. But what to cut? Undergrads are rarely in a position to weigh the merits of unfamiliar texts. One text may provide background for another, or offer an important critique, or update an outdated argument. If we cut one, we might as well cut the other. Professors who overwhelm their students with copious amounts of reading are doing them a disservice. Balancing social and extracurricular commitments with a four- or five-course load is tough; engaging fruitfully with those courses is tougher. Certainly, undergrads should...