Do you believe that educational resources should be given to gifted students? Or students who come from low income families? Or should they be distributed evenly?

Although it is disturbing that the FBI did run a child pornography (any kind of child pornography is extremely disturbing) I agree with Tandis. It is completely ethical, because they were able to catch thousands of people who could have kidnapped and raped little children. Obviously, it was an effective method.

I think that the author does bring up some interesting points in the article. By dissecting the nature of prom (lavish spending, trying to look conventionally beautiful, waiting to be asking in some ridiculous manner, etc) she pries on some of the controversial aspects of our modern day society. She scrutinizes the traditional "rich white goal" role in our society and the social norms of being a female. While I think she is correct about how prom emphasizes a person's social status, characterizes gender roles, elevates the need for material items, and plays a role in a person's self esteem, I don't think a high school could just stop prom altogether. Prom is a tradition, and although traditions are not always good and should not always be followed, I think if you eliminated prom it would cause more outrage than praise among the student body.

This is repulsive, and this women obviously needs a reality check. People, specifically children, were killed during the Boston Bombing. The bombing destroyed people's lives, leaving them with horrific injuries, and destroying their sense of security in their home town. But, since the subject of death is central to the Boston Bombing, I also think that sending her death threats is unreasonable. This girl obviously made an idiotic decision, but she isn't a murderer or a pyscho. Cyber bullying is dangerous and hurtful, and people think way too little of sending another person a mean message, just because they are sending it over the web and not in person. Overall, this was a bad situation, and I'm guessing she will find a new costume for next Halloween.

This story of a teenage girl's courage and passion for learning and women's rights is inspiring and extremely moving. Malala stood up to the Taliban to fight for education for girls in Pakistand.
Do we take education for granted in the United States? What are your thoughts on Malala? What would you have done in Malala's situation? How are Malala and other young women's activists going to shape the world? How could our government help improve world wide education for girls?

I enjoyed reading this exchange between Keller and Greenwald, and the article contained strong and persuasive arguments for both sides. I agree with parts of both Keller and Greenwald's arguments. Keller writes about the necessity of having impartial journalism that delivers concise, objective facts to it's audience. I agree that it is crucial to be given the facts without bias, so you are able to form your own opinion on the matter at hand. Journalists should feel as if it is their duty to provide the reader with an article that contains as little subjectivity as possible. I agree with Greenwald's belief that every journalist and reporter is biased; they are human beings, consciously and subconsciously influenced by their surroundings. But that does not mean the journalist has to carry this bias into his writing. It is possible, through impartial word choice and balanced evidence, to write an un-baised news article. Greenwald makes an argument that un-biased journalism is boring and the reader's want emotion and connection with the author. Personally, it usually isn't word choice that draws me into a news story; it's the news topic itself. No matter how hard a journalist tries to make a county fair sound exciting, by throwing in as much bias as possible with words such as "spectacular" and "life changing", I will be much more likely to read an entire article on a presidential scandal. When it comes down to it, I think the differences in their opinion stem from the question: What makes a good piece of journalism? For Greenwald, it seems that good journalism is about the dollar signs. Good journalism for Greenwald is: How can we make this as interesting and exciting as possible to get a bigger audience? On the other hand, Keller seems to believe that good journalism is about delivering the facts, and just the facts. Because of that, I sided more towards Keller's opinion.