1st blog

    Blog4 Nancy B  " Friendship across political lines" is blog discussing whether it is okay to be friends with people who have different political points of view and if it is seen as a betrayal. The intended audience is everyone who has basic political knowledge since this blog talks about that. I do agree with the author, he states that the two characters he is talking about are a good example for us to keep doors open for people who think differently, like conservatives and liberals, democrats and republicans. A great way to support his point was contrasting and comparing  them both with things they said about LGBTQ rights and restrictions, it shows that even when they know the other person is not like-minded they do not mind being respectful and even friends. Another way he provides credibility are the mentions of the pictures and the specific place the two characters were seen at.       The blog was very well done, I agreed with lots of statements the author made

The following editorial commentary was mainly about a U.S. judge who by having a very controversial expression towards president Donald Trump was suspended for around six months, the authors explains the several posts judge Kwan wrote on facebook. The article itself makes us think if either it was right to suspend him or not.  Some of the people giving their opinion in this case were the judge's lawyer, though the audience that the author was referring to might be other judges and people related to the jury. The author has some credibility though the commentary might have had some more information with respect to the posts, like actual pictures of it and the replies or thoughts of president Trump. Overall he have plenty of examples so it looks and sounds credible when reading it. The logic of the work was well provided, it explained the reasons of the suspension and it says that it was not the very first time the judge had been suspended for expressing himself in a way is not corre