Pres Obama and the Use of Drones

Objective: to examine and compare Pres Bush's and Pres Obama's tactics in the war on terror.
Read Inside the Killing Machine
Respond to the following:
1. Summarize the article into 1-2 paragraphs
2. comment on the following
- Do you think President Obama's actions are legal? Why or why not?
- Why do you think President Obama uses the Predator strikes a lot more than President Bush?
- In the article the "lethal operation" decisions made by the President and Mr. Rizzo are described as morally complex. Describe how you would handled the moral complexities of the decision if you were in Mr. Rizzo's shoes

Enumerated powers

1. Define - enumerated in the context of the constitution enumerated the powers of congress.
Debates have raged for 200 years about states rights vs federal authority. Find two current event articles that center around states rights vs. federal rights.
2. Read the article
3. cite the name of the publication and the date and author of the article
4. In 1-2 paragraphs explain
a. the nature of the issue (ie health care , gay marriage, abortion etc)
b. the nature of the states vs. federal debate
c. end the writing with a 1-2 sentence commentary of your opinions.

Do all of this in a word document and put it into the senior seminar folder

current events homework

Read Cash Strapped States Facing Budget Crisis Summarize and comment according to regular homework format

Waterboarding. Should we allow it?

Go to Waterboarding debate Read both sides of the debate. Take note of the arguments made by both sides. Which is the liberal argument? Which is the conservative argument? Where do you stand on the debate?

liberal v conservative beliefs

Go to liberal v conservative
Pick any four topics that are of interest to you. Read each competing view. Write your own view of the topic. Explain views and explain if you are liberal / conservative or somewhere in the middle. Each explanation should be about a paragraph or more in length.

political spectrum

1. Go to Political spectrum quiz
Take quiz. Post a comment on the blog summarizing the results of your quiz.
2. Go to liberal v conservative
Pick any four topics that are of interest to you. Read each competing view. On a piece of loose leaf write your own view of the topic. Explain your view and explain if you are liberal / conservative or somewhere in the middle. Each explanation should be about a paragraph or more in length.

current events homework

A current event article will be due every Friday. The topic of the event will be given ahead of time. Articles are to be printed out and attached to your writing then placed in your folder.
Format- pick a current event article (from the current week). Articles should be at least 1-2 pages long or long enough so that you get a full account of what is going on and long enough that you need 1-2 paragraph to summarize. After reading the article you must write a 1-2 paragraph summary of the article. Then you must write a 1-2 paragraph commentary on the event/ article. Commentaries can include your opinions, projections or connections you make between the event and other things going on.
This weeks topic- Egyptian Crisis