Monday, November 14, 2011

New York Times: Monday, November 14, 2011

I think it's absurd that convicted felons have the right to regain fire arm rights.  They lost that privilege in breaking the law, so they shouldn't be allowed to own a harmful weapon.  The lead for this story was vey well written, and certainly grabbed me attention.  However, I feel like it didn't fit in well with the rest of the story.  In class we discussed how leads can be "10,000 feet above the ground", not focusing on the bigger picture.  While the story that the lead tells certainly has that "bigger picture", I thought that the rest of the article was going to be about that particular story, not the law as a whole.  It is amazing how much the writer had to say about the situation though.  I was amazed that this article was two whole pages long. I can't even imagine writing a story of that length right now.  I guess that just comes with experience.

Goggles lab, Google X, is a complete waste of time and money, in my opinion.  I would honestly be embarrassed to work there.  While the company certainly has ambition, it doesn't seem like the facility takes the business seriously.  Some of the inventions that they want to make just seem ridiculous.  Now it looks like Google doesn't know what to do with all their money.  The topic itself was annoying, but I really liked the lead.

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