The Language of Argument

FRONTISPIECE. Pennsylvania State University - "There's a Nasty Name for Everyone". Persuasive Writing. Mona Charen - "Here She Is: Miss Divorced America". "Earn $300 to $500 a Week Stuffing Envelopes". Cal Thomas - "Can't Read? Can't Write? Break Education Monopoly". Redstone Wire Service - "Dr. Durant Demonstrates Psychokinesis". Mitchell Farnum - "Color Me Pro-Choice". James L. Battersby - "The Inescapability of Humanism". INDUCTION. Cynthia Tucker - "Capital Punishment? Not in a Just America". Dan Stein - "Why Don't Need Immigrants". Robert E. McAfee - "Ban Boxing". American Cancer Society - "Smoking Is Very Glamorous". David Ho - "Life with Father a Factor in Teen Drug Use". Timothy Wheeler - "Fast Food Terror: A Tale of Two Cities". DEDUCTION. Bill Cosby - "Ebonics Be a Complex Issue". Strom Thurmond - "Death Penalty Deters Violent Crime". John Leo - "Justice Department Detects Discrimination Against Native Americans". Biteen - "The Supreme Court Also Legalized Slavery". Jerry Derring - "A Broader Approach to Respect for Life". Charles Krauthammer - "AIDS Research Doesn't Need Moonshotmoney". SEMANTICS. David St. Clair - "Psychometry: Getting the Vibrations". Jud Blakely - "How I learned Not to Worry and Love the NCAA". Jeff Jacoby - "State Religion: What a Pain the ACLU Can Be". Sugar Association - "Which Would you Rather Put on Your Kids' Cereal?" Randall Hayes - "Greed and Overconsumption Are Killing the Rainforest". Judy Jarvis - "Women Can Dump Jerks Without Help of Lawyers". STATISTICS. Anheuser-Busch - "100,000 Beer Commercials". William R. Mattox, Jr. - "Is It Sports, the Weather or Love of God That Keeps Us Married". Health After 50 - "The Whole Scoop on Coffee". Handgun Control, Inc. - "God Bless America". Bruce Handy - "No, Virginia, There Isn't a Santa Claus". Bill Pryor - "Only the Guilty Are Executed". ARGUMENT FOR ANALYSIS. Faye Girsh - "Would You Take a House Call from Dr. Kevorkian?" John DeRosier - "The Baby Grew Up to Be a Monster". SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS - "Cencus Isn't a Poll". USA TODAY - "Bilingual Education Fails Test, Exposing Deeper Problem". Delia Pompa - "Bilingual Education Works". ASPRS - "I Had Liposuction Instead". Annie Laurie Gaylor - "Give Hotel Guests a Bible-Free Room". Sledge Clark - "Hooters and Good Values". Horace B. Deets - "Balanced Budget Amendment Is Bad Policy". John DeRosier - "School Prayer and Participles". Peterson - "Let's Not Blame Wrestling for All the Violence". Carol Jago - "Entrance to High School Should Not Be Automatic". Ed Anger - "Women Don't Belong in the Cockpit". Jerome P. Kassirer - "Federal Foolishness and Marijuana". Santa Monica Hospital - "A Lot of Campus Rapes Start Here". Irene B. McDonald - "The Need for Vision - Funding The NEH". Timothy Backous - "Making Sheep: Possible, But Right?" William Raspberry - "The Case for Fact-Based Education". PETA - "Impotence: Ever Since Brad Went Vegetarian...". Lawrence A. Bullis - "Let's Do Away With Safety". Deborah Mathis - "Tiny Killer Says Lots About Handguns". Dexter Martin - "Asking God to Cheat in Sports". Jack Valenti - "Young Children Need Moral Instruction in School". Michigan Right to Life - "They're Forgetting Someone". Tom Teppen - "School Vouchers Are Unwise". Roiphe - "Adultery's Double Standard". OUR SUNDAY VISITOR - "Dying Is Not a Solely Private Decision". Council for Responsible Nutrition - "So I Have A Vitamin Gap, Big Deal". Ann Victoria - "Vitamin C Will Help You Win the Lottery". Herbert London - "Our Youth Aren't Learning Our History". Deborah Mathis - "Little Girls Shouldn't Count Calories". Michael S. Brown - "Handgun Freedom: Where Have All the Feminists Gone?" National Dairy Board - "Butter: Now More Than Ever the Natural Choice". USA TODAY - "Equal Treatment Is Real Issue - Not Same-Sex Marriage". Dean Ornish - "For a Better Life, Don't Eat Any Beef". Schwarz - "Some Lawyers Ask, Why Wait for Injury? Sue Now!" Dana Summers - "Causes of Teen Violence". Jim Watts - "Step 1 Toward Greatness: Win Powerball". John Sledge - "Simple Tradeoff Is Key to Finding Time to Read". "Diary of an Unborn Child". Art Levine - Roswell: "A Little Less Balance, Please". American Red Cross - "When You Give Blood...". Bob Dole - "America Needs a Flag-Protection Amendment". Luke Thompson - "Blame It on Dr. Jekyll". Brian J. Axsmith - "Biologist: Creationism Is 'Bad Religion'". John DeRosier - "Delegates Then Called for a Suspension of the Law of Gravity". Mitch Albom - "Does Hollywood Market Violence to Children?" Nutrio.com - "This is Not Normal". S.L. Varnado - "Women Priests? Never!" PETA - "Animal Experiments and Human Health". Adam Meyerson - "When Schools Excel, So Will Poor Children". Dakin - "Is It Any Wonder the Prisons Are Full?" Phillip D. Harvey - "Reasonable Rate of Divorce Can Be Good for America". James Lileks - "New Federal Drunken Driving Law Runs Over States' Rights".