Opinion Editorial Post

1. He doesn’t agree with Santorum’s claim that going to college makes you more liberal and less religious.
2. He first introduces the problem. Then he introduces the opposing view point in the opening, and he says why the republicans think what they think. Then he brings in research and statistics to show why they are wrong. He concludes by showing the opposing view again and the reason they would make these claims.
3. In one example he says, contrary to conservative rhetoric, similarly, but contrary. These are able to show the opposite sides, and possibly why they are wrong, and similarly is able to bring in another example to support his side.
4.  He brings in a lot of research. He has many credible political scientists and sociologists in his paper. In the following quote the author is able to demonstrate ethos, “The sociologists Jeremy Uecker, Mark Regnerus and Margaret Vaaler examined data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and found that Americans who pursued bachelor’s degrees were more likely to retain their faith than those who did not.” He also has a lot of studies that show a lot of empirical evidence. I think he is pretty trustworthy. He has proof to back his thoughts, and he doesn’t have any post hoc fallacies.
5. An opinion editorial is where you express your thoughts and beliefs in a certain subject. The author is responding to a claim made by someone else, in this case by Rick Santorum. There also should be evidence to back up the opinion. The piece should be dogmatic, expressing strong views against the paper it is in response to. It should also try and refute the opinions made in the previous paper.