Public argument advanced advocating

Using essay one's editorials/op-ed column, and another major daily newspapers' editorial/op-ed you will
analyze the public argument advanced advocating one major claim about a controversial issue. This should be
the SAME topic as your first essay. You are simply adding at least one other editorial.
You will analyze the argumentative structure of the case using some form of argumentation theory discussed in
class or uncovered in your own research. You may simply add the analysis of the new editorial to your existing
Toulmin paper. You will evaluate the 2 editorials/op-eds in terms of their argumentative cogency/soundness
(evidence, reasoning, fallacies, and its ethics. You will conclude the essay with reflections on the overall topic,
in particular to the power of the argument (or lack thereof).
Please note that the assignment does not ask you to advocate a claim relative to the topic or reconstruct the
argument; rather it asks you analyze the argumentative strength of the overall case of multiple sources, and
then to assess the cogency of the case. Basically, you are focusing on using the breakdowns from the new
elements of an argument learned in class. For example, you will use the claim identified in your first essay,
then identify it as policy, fact, or value. You will do the same for your second ed/op-ed, then compare the
effectiveness/cogency of both.