Post 4

My Email:

Dear Mr. Milloy,
      I am doing a blog based upon you and your writings.  Your writings are very good, and I have very much enjoyed reading them!  My favorite article of yours was the one I just read for my third post on my blog!  For this post, I had to explain your claim and reasons supporting it.  It was a very good article, and it was also enjoyable to post a blog on!  I just have a few questions for you regarding your career:

Do you enjoy what you do?

How do you investigate and figure out your information? (I have always wondered this when I was thinking of a career as a News Reporter.)

Please respond to your convenience.  Thank you!

Sincerely,

Courtney Halter

-I have not yet recieved a response.

Post #3

Charles County sheriffs help make girl's Christmas merrier, despite loss of her firefighter father

 Writer's claim:  "Now living with her grandmother in Waldorf, Cheyenne was among 85 youngsters chosen by a volunteer group of sheriffs' deputies to participate in their annual "Shope with a Cop" program."  This is the main point in the writing because it is mainly what the story is about: Cheyenne's father died in a toradoe, and she is now living with her grandmother.  Because of the death of her father, who was a firefighter, Cheyenne was chosen to participate in the annual, "Shop with a Cop" program.

Concession:  "But instead of getting one, she decided to buy some candles and glassware as gifts for others."  This sentence is a concession because it explains that Cheyenne wanted to buy a helicopter because she loved helicopters, but, instead, she decided to buy gifts for others.  This helps to show how thoughtful and caring person Cheyenne was!

Three Supporting Points:   

• "It's just that her father, Michael Browne, was a volunteer firefighter when the family lived in Riegelwood, N.C."
•  "In 2006, he was killed while shielding Cheyenne, then 4, from a tornado that destroyed their home."
• "On Saturday, a motorcade of patrol cars carried them to a Wal-Mart, where they got to spend about $200 a piece, mostly on clothes."

"In 2006, he was killed while shielding Cheyenne, then 4, from a tornado that destroyed their home."

- This statement helps to support the claim because it explains the reason why Cheyenne was picked to be a part of this program.  Her and her dad are both heroes!  Cheyenne is a hero because she is living through this tragedy of losing her father, and she is overcoming her fear of tornadoes.  Her father is a hero becaus he protected Cheyenne from the tornadoe, and he is a very corageous firefighter.

- I strongly agree with the writer's claim.  I think that Cheyenne deserves to be in this program.  She displays corage and kindness everyday of her life!  This program is a great program that people are very grateful to have in their lives.

Post #1

Courtland Milloy

Courtland Milloy writes for the Washington Post as an OP-Ed writer. He will receive the Chapter's 2009 Distinguished Service Award. Each year the D.C. Pro Chapter selects for induction into the Hall of Fame up to four outstanding journalists from all media who have worked in Washington for at least 25 years. It honors one person who, through his or her work, has provided distinguished service as a journalist, by working to improve the skills of local journalists, or by working to facilitate news gathering and dissemination in the Washington metropolitan area.

Post #2

Milloy on hate speech

• Milloy shares through expressive language the way he feels about respect versus freedom of speech.  The reason for this is too explain how freedom of speech can sometimes go to far.  At this funeral, the Westboro clan from a church in Kansas came to protest how God looks upon homosexuals.  Milloy is trying to explain that this is where the freedom of speech goes too far.  Yes, the Westboro clan had the right to protest; however, it was so disrespectful toward the man who died and his family that it made it very wrong and immoral.  This family deserved respect on the only day that they were burying their loved one.  As Albert Snyder, the father, exclaimed to the jury,"I had one chance to bury my son, and they took the dignity away from it."  This quote shows how angry and upset Albert Snyder was about the protest.  Milloy expresses his feelings about this case in a very well-written way that shows his stance on the situation!  
• Milloy's stance on this article is a little unbiased.  He feels that everyone is allowed freedom of speech.  However, he feels that sometimes people can be very disrespectful in the way they express their beliefs, especially in this situation.  Milloy expresses that he feels that the way the Westboro clan protested was very disrespectful toward the family of the deceased love one.
• Facts: In the article, Milloy says, "He knows that disrupting military funerals and the funerals of gays will probably make news."  This line was talking about that the Westboro clan knew that this funeral of a service man would be in the news.  This explains that the clan just wanted to become popular and be in the media.  Most likely because of this, the clan will not stop protesting.
• "I had one chance to bury my son, and they took the dignity away from it." This was said by Albert Snyder, the deceased service man's father.  This quote is very persuasive because people begin to feel very sorry for the father and his family because they were so much disrespected, and this was the only time they were going to bury their son!
• Milloy, the author, used very good diction in his writing.  This diction was expressed through expressive and detailed verbs!  In his article, Milloy says, "The church, in Topeka, is led by a publicity-seeking homophobe, Fred J. Phelps."  In this quote, Milloy uses publicity-seeking homophobe to describe Phelps', the leader of the Westboro clan, as a person who wants to be in the news and has an extreme hate for homosexuals.