Blog Post #4

1. Jeremy Lin
This particular article contained detailed information on the rising basketball star Jeremy Lin. It talks about how a boy unnoticed at Harvard University caused a sensation called "Linsanity". It talks about Lin's past and how he got to where he is today. He played at a small high school in Silicon Valley. He also played at Harvard and got signed for Golden State Warriors. Afterwards, he was traded to the New York Knicks and is currently still with that team today. There is also a lot of attention brought to him as well due to his Asian American background. His ethnicity is Taiwanese and was born and raised in Taiwan before he moved to the United States. As the article continues it talks about Lin's strengths and weakness. He can effectively get through a crowd using "pick and roll". This article is using facts but also has opinion in the beginning paragraphs when it describes how he came to write about Jeremy Lin. I am interested because he was also an immigrant and made it big here in the U.S. I agree that he has an amazing back story. I would recommend this article to any sports fans because it struggled reading it because I am not a big sports fan.

2. US Europe eye risky, unprecedented penalty for Iran over pursuit of nuclear weapons
This article was about the United State and other countries in Europe considering if they should punish Iran due to their pursuit for nuclear weapons. However, if they were to punish Iran, it would have a huge negative effect on the nations economy. This article describes the issue and is completely fact. Both Europe and the U.S are still deciding whether or not they should take action on this issue. The outcomes could be both beneficial but also harmful as well. This article makes me think about the nuclear weapons crisis that is currently present in our world today. All the different countries want to possess the power to destroy other countries and I think that is very dangerous. I also think of the topic of Terrorist and how Iran and its people are viewed as a terrorist country. I chose this article because I think these topics are very important and critical to our world. A lot of problems are centered around this and i feel that this issue must be addressed.

3. Elie Wiesel
I chose this article because it was about Elie Wiesel and I loved his book from last year. In his book, he described the terrible Holocaust and what he went through. The article talks about how numerous amounts of people want to stop performing posthumous proxy baptisms on Jews. I completely agree with statement and feel that everyone should have a right to not be discriminated on anything. This article is mostly stating Wiesels opinion and how he feels about that matter. He feels strongly against it because he is a Holocaust survivor, he is against it. I feel that more people should read this and learn to tolerate one another and accept other people for their differences.