Monday, September 28, 2015
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Eric Zorn
The Incredible shrinking Ben Carson
Chicago Tribune
September 7, 2015
In this article Zorn criticizes the Republican presidential primary debate, specifically focusing on Ben Carson's inability to become impassioned about topics. For example, when given the opportunity to "rip" Trump's "know-nothing blathering" and point out that he is not only ignorant with medical matters but in general as well he didn't take any shots at Trump. Although, when reading this article I questioned why not trashing another opponent would be considered bad. Zorn claims that Carson is a wimp for not taking the opportunity to make himself look better. Zorn appeals to logos by using specific quotes from the debate and then criticizing how and why it supports his claim that Carson has no back bone.
Monday, September 14, 2015
Eric Zorn
School strikers endure hunger, my criticism, to win
Chicago Tribune
September 13, 2015
School strikers endure hunger, my criticism, to win
Chicago Tribune
September 13, 2015
Eric Zorn writes this article about how protesters have been fasting in order to get what they want as a response to another post that he had made on the same topic. As he explains his point of view, he is sure to cover his tracks by saying things such as "The hunger strikers had a good point.
I never said they didn't." because, as he explains in the article, he was called out for not acknowledging the underlying issues at hand. The protestors goal is to get the Dyett High School in Washington park to reopen as a “green technology” neighborhood school; Even after the Dyett compromise, where protestors got almost everything the wanted, they still continue to push for more.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Eric Zorn
Change of Subject:
OK, what about this idea on pensions?
Chicago Tribune
September 7, 2015
In this post Zorn discusses the ideas on pensions and what an alternate solution to the problem at hand could be. He suggests to give each public employee a choice on weather or not to give up the compounded 3 percent annual cost-of-living increase guaranteed in their pension and accept a lower annual increase, or keep the generous COLA, but agree that any future raises that the employee will receive will not count toward the salary which their pension will be based upon. Neither option is an attractive choice, but according to Zorn giving employees a choice is constitutional and will solve nearly every problem Illinois is having currently. In Illinois the constitution states that public employee pension benefits will not be "diminished or impaired" and recent court decisions have thwarted lawmaker's attempts to encourage employees to accept less than what they were promised. The two choices appeal to different age groups in the working force; the first, for younger workers and the second, for older. Madera says that having employees make a decision may seem unfair but that does not make it coercive under Illinois law.
Zorn ends his post with the question of "Have a better idea?" which is very informal and also causes the audience to reflect on what he has just discussed; which is a wise move on his part because really, what else can they do? There is no other alternative.
Change of Subject:
OK, what about this idea on pensions?
Chicago Tribune
September 7, 2015
In this post Zorn discusses the ideas on pensions and what an alternate solution to the problem at hand could be. He suggests to give each public employee a choice on weather or not to give up the compounded 3 percent annual cost-of-living increase guaranteed in their pension and accept a lower annual increase, or keep the generous COLA, but agree that any future raises that the employee will receive will not count toward the salary which their pension will be based upon. Neither option is an attractive choice, but according to Zorn giving employees a choice is constitutional and will solve nearly every problem Illinois is having currently. In Illinois the constitution states that public employee pension benefits will not be "diminished or impaired" and recent court decisions have thwarted lawmaker's attempts to encourage employees to accept less than what they were promised. The two choices appeal to different age groups in the working force; the first, for younger workers and the second, for older. Madera says that having employees make a decision may seem unfair but that does not make it coercive under Illinois law.
Zorn ends his post with the question of "Have a better idea?" which is very informal and also causes the audience to reflect on what he has just discussed; which is a wise move on his part because really, what else can they do? There is no other alternative.
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