Blog Stage 3: Anti-Radical Muslims Need to Organize and Draw Lines

In the article Anti-Radical Muslims Need to Organize and Draw Lines, by The National Review, the author, Dan McLaughlin, talks about how Muslims need to separate themselves from Muslim extremist and gave examples of other groups in the past and how they were able to prevent being stereotyped with extremist. McLauglin, a corporate attorney in New York City, makes some valid point that are intended for a reader with a conservative background. He talks about how actors during the Red Scare were able to distinguish themselves from Communist and how Italians distinguish themselves from the Mafia. His only problem in his arguments, is that he is looking back at the past and cherry picking the facts. During the Red Scare, tons of people were falsely accused of being Communist without real proof, and people's careers were ruined based off the word of other actors and directors. Italians are still stereotyped as being member of the Mafia, decades after the main Mafia problem happened. I agree with the author that Muslims need to be more active to seperate themselves from extremist, but I do not agree with his conclusion that "moderate Muslims" are actually hurting the perception of Islam as a whole.

Blog Stage 2: Healthcare overhaul falling apart

On July 17, 2017, The New York Times published an article called Health Care Overhaul Collapses as Two Republican Senators Defect. This article discusses how two more Republican senators, Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas, announced that they would not support the Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (more commonly known as Obama Care). They join fellow senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine, making Republicans lose the majority vote they need to pass it through. The article then focuses on why this is a major blow to the plan to repeal  Obamacare and why it happened. The reason these senators bowed out of the bill together was due to concerns that it wasn't doing enough to repeal and replace Obamacare, and neither of them wanted to be the sole "no" vote coming out. It also talks about how the Democrats are using this as an opportunity to open talks for a more bipartisan bill, while The President released tweets saying that the Senate should just repeal Obamacare right now and worry about replacing it later.
I would recommend this article because it shows how split the country is on this issue still and is a reminder that the health care bill debate is still going on after it passed the House in May. Also it tells readers exactly where each side of the political spectrum stands on this issues and shows possible avenues this bill could take. 

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