Op Ed Articles

I was able to analyze and get information on these three op ed articles: "Snyder vs. Phelps at the Supreme Court: a 1st Amendment test", "New York is Yours for the Taking", and "Why I can't quit Facebook."

The first article, "Snyder vs. Phelps at the Supreme Court: a 1st Amendment test", Phelps and his family would protest on the, "...hatred for the gays and lesbians, Catholics, Jews, the U.S. government...and Swedes."  The audience of their choice is people at funerals of fallen soldiers.  Albert Snyder was attending his son Matthew's funeral who was a Marine lance corporal.  Phelps' family traveled from Kansas to Maryland to interrupt and ruin the funeral by yelling "God hates you" and "You're going to hell".  At the end of this article the author states his opinion saying how wrong and ruthless this act is and that respect for the fallen should be huge to the people of this country.  The logos in this piece portrays the facts and the result of this event that is unfolding.  The pathos is a huge roll in the this article pulling on the heart of the readers to feel for the family at their son's funeral and give the reader the feeling of an angry confusion of why some people would ever do such a thing.  the author does give out a sense of ethos and it definitely keeps the reader's interest in this article.  I do agree with the argument and I believe that it is a sound argument because the author states very clearly his side of his position and he has given several facts to back up his statement.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-1006-rutten-20101006,0,5358974.column?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fcommentary+%28L.A.+Times+-+Commentary%29

The second article, "New York Is Yours for the Taking", by Sloane Crosley is mainly about how we should trust that no one would ever take our stuff, but in reality distrust plays a big part in today's society and that "...most of the time our ego is warranted."  The logos in this article give the reader both sides of the spectrum of trusting and common sense in situations that we go through our daily lives and that we can misjudge a person at times too quickly.  The pathos that is portrayed is that it makes the reader think how we are quick to judge someone but then again our common sense is always needed in our daily lives.  The author I believe did bring our the ethos in the article, the humor and straight to the point personality was brought our and it kept my attention all the way through.  I believe that this is a sound argument and it gives out details that are able to prove her point throughout the article.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/new-york-is-yours-for-the-taking/?partner=rss&emc=rss

The last article "Why I can't quit Facebook", by Meghan Daum is about why many people, including the author, won't or can't quit Facebook.  "The more powerful it becomes as a tool for its users, the more powerful it becomes as a weapon against its nonusers."  Facebook is not about being up to date in the technology world but "...it's about being a responsible, modern, civilized person."  In the end it has become a need.  The logos of the article are about Facebook and how it has become a need for so many people.  The pathos leans more towards the need of this Facebook source and how we rely on it so much.  Daum demonstrated ethos well.  She kept my attention throughout the whole piece and gave out great facts on why we tend to stay on the Facebook path.  i believe that the argument was sound and she gave great detail to her piece to prove her point.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-daum-facebook-20101007,0,2696276.column?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fcommentary+%28L.A.+Times+-+Commentary%29