Favorite Mistakes
Rhetoric: How to Get What You Want?
For Trump’s Backers in Congress, ‘Devil Terms’ Help Rally Voters
Nytimes
Rhetorical analysis of GOP rhetoric
Nytimes
Rhetorical analysis of GOP rhetoric
Figures of Speech Served Fresh
blog on rhetorical info and moves
blog on rhetorical info and moves
The Question We've Stopped Asking about Teen-agers and Social Media: Should they be using these services at all?
The New Yorker
The New Yorker

Op-Ed: Let’s call this youth vaping crisis what it is: A Juuling epidemic
LATimes
A selection of flavored Juul cigarettes in the window of a vaping store in New York on March 24, 2018.
LATimes
A selection of flavored Juul cigarettes in the window of a vaping store in New York on March 24, 2018.

My students rhetorically analyze ads. This one is perfect given the danger of vaping and the way that Blu advertises it benefits.
Cha Xiong informed me that this short movie reminded him of Rhetoric and the 3 ways to persuade: ethos, pathos, and logos. Watch it and see if you see the connection.

No, It's Not Your Opinion. You're Just Wrong
Houston Press Op Ed
Houston Press Op Ed

Thank You for Smoking Movie Review
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert

Sacramento’s proposed redistricting changes for Oak Park, Curtis Park reinforce past sins
BY DEBORAH ORTIZ
SPECIAL TO THE SACRAMENTO BEE DECEMBER 16, 2021 5:00 AM
Katrina Simmons, who holds Ashley Simmons, 1, in her lap, socializes with family at Black Justice Sacramentos healing space event at Curtis Park on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Sacramento. The event was held for Black community members to heal, build solidarity and discuss future actions for the movement, according to a media advisory from the Black Justice Sacramento collective.
BY DEBORAH ORTIZ
SPECIAL TO THE SACRAMENTO BEE DECEMBER 16, 2021 5:00 AM
Katrina Simmons, who holds Ashley Simmons, 1, in her lap, socializes with family at Black Justice Sacramentos healing space event at Curtis Park on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Sacramento. The event was held for Black community members to heal, build solidarity and discuss future actions for the movement, according to a media advisory from the Black Justice Sacramento collective.
You've Been Profiled

ACLU: Know Your Rights


Serial: Who Killed Hae Min Lee?
Baltimore prosecutors move to vacate Adnan Syed conviction in 1999 murder case
Baltimore Sun
9/14/2022
Baltimore Sun
9/14/2022

Serial Podcast Case Is Declined by Supreme Court
11/25/19
New York Times
Adnan Syed leaving a courthouse in Baltimore in 2016. He has maintained his innocence in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee, his former girlfriend.
11/25/19
New York Times
Adnan Syed leaving a courthouse in Baltimore in 2016. He has maintained his innocence in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee, his former girlfriend.

"The Case Against Adnan Syed": Finale Reveals New DNA Test Results
New York Times
3/31/19
Adnan Syed outside a Baltimore courthouse in 2016. Maryland’s highest court recently denied him a retrial, overturning the decisions of two lower courts.
New York Times
3/31/19
Adnan Syed outside a Baltimore courthouse in 2016. Maryland’s highest court recently denied him a retrial, overturning the decisions of two lower courts.

Adnan Syed deserves a new, and fair, trial, 42 wrongly convicted men and women say
Baltimore Sun
By MARTY TANKLEFF
APR 18, 2019
Adnan Syed, of 'Serial' podcast, asks Maryland high court to reconsider decision refusing him a new trial
Baltimore Sun
By MARTY TANKLEFF
APR 18, 2019
Adnan Syed, of 'Serial' podcast, asks Maryland high court to reconsider decision refusing him a new trial

The Zodiac Killer Case, 50 Years Later
The San Francisco Chronicle
One option my students have is to write a newspaper article about the Hae Min Lee murder. The students like this idea, but most have no idea how to go about writing a newspaper article. This article about the Zodiac makes strong mentor text.
The San Francisco Chronicle
One option my students have is to write a newspaper article about the Hae Min Lee murder. The students like this idea, but most have no idea how to go about writing a newspaper article. This article about the Zodiac makes strong mentor text.
Happiness and the Good Life
Yale's Happiness Professor Says Anxiety Is Destroying Her Students
The Psychology of Happiness
This I Believe Essay: The Essentials to Happiness
The Psychology of Happiness
This I Believe Essay: The Essentials to Happiness
Happiness homework:Mediate for 10 minutes a day./Sleep for 8 hours a night./Do something kind for someone./ Write down 5 things that you’re grateful for?
Is Sleep the Most Important Happiness Habit
Can Mindfulness Make You Happier?
Kindness Makes You Happy and Happiness Makes You Kind
Giving Thanks Can Make You Happier
How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain
8 Ways Gratitude Boosts Happiness
Is Sleep the Most Important Happiness Habit
Can Mindfulness Make You Happier?
Kindness Makes You Happy and Happiness Makes You Kind
Giving Thanks Can Make You Happier
How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain
8 Ways Gratitude Boosts Happiness

Man Up: The New Masculinity
Essential Question: What does it mean to be a "man"?
Alternate Title: Manhood: An Investigation
Unit under construction: Activities
Case Study and Biographical Sketch of a Man
Unit under construction: Text Set

30 Great manhood quotes
What is a man Esquire 2009
Are You Man Enough Esquire 2018
The Miseducation of the American Boy
The Atlantic
The Atlantic
Ben Gorden where is my mind
Drag queen celebs weigh in on Harry Styles ‘Vogue’ dress backlash: ‘Men should be allowed to be feminine’
Scam Culture: The Rhetoric of the MLM
The Psychology of the Cult
What Makes a Cult a Cult
The Psychology behind Cults
Op-Ed: Why QAnon’s similarity to other cults makes it a significant national security threat
RIverside Murders: Catfish murders
What Makes a Cult a Cult
The Psychology behind Cults
Op-Ed: Why QAnon’s similarity to other cults makes it a significant national security threat
RIverside Murders: Catfish murders