Archive for January 5th, 2009

Jan 05 2009

“Hope We Make It Through the New Year”

Published by buell under Collaboration Corner

I just finished looking through all of the news stories you wrote about and questions you asked and I have to say news was depressing. From an historical perspective, however, these sure are interesting times. Instead of writing a post I decided to put up some recent editorial cartoons. You may choose any one you’d like and comment on the artist’s message.

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Jan 05 2009

U.S. Position on Gaza War

Published by buell under History

It is quite a challenge to find any unbiased news coverage on this topic as I’m sure you all picked up on as you were completing your vacation homework assignment, but this a decent summary of the United States’ position on the current war. Obviously, this topic will be a large part of our class in the upcoming months—of course we need to first tackle WWI and WWII both of which played a huge role in the current crisis. In the meantime, this piece will at least expose you to your country’s official stance on the matter:

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