Goldberg: Obama wears a white hat

"Weirdest Friday news dump ever." Jonah Goldberg starts his persuasive news article with a bang. The article "Obama wears a white hat" (http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-goldberg-uganda-20111018,0,6224886.column) primarily focuses on Obama's decision to send one hundred American Special Forces troops to Uganda to combat the Lord's Resistance Army of Uganda. The LRA, led by Joseph Kony, is a terrorist cell that has been plaguing central Africa for decades. Goldberg centers his argument on how hurried and out-of-place this news was when accompanied with the 2011 deficit and Obamacare corrections. Is Obama following Bush's foreign policy? Goldberg makes the argument that no, sometimes...."[the]cowboy does what he has to do on the grounds that some men just need killing." Goldberg does an excellent job arguing and explaining his main points. He pulls in supporting articles while answering possible counterarguments at the same time. His tone and style fit his position perfectly and complement his argument as a whole while giving his audience enough background to understand the news flash.

Sound and Fury

I am not deaf. I never have been and do not know anyone who is deaf. This being said, I am not part of that discourse, nor do I claim to understand it. However, I still believe whole-heartedly that Heather's parents made a mistake by not implanting Heather with a cochlear implant. Heather's parents wanted to keep Heather a part of the "deaf community" and part of their deaf family. When other deaf relatives were told about the cochlear implant option, they felt it would destroy the bond felt between deaf people while not increasing Heather's chances of being successful later in life. That is where they are wrong. The deaf community is small and, with new technology, getting smaller. The ability to interact with hearing people is essential in one's life if they ever want to be truly free. As a deaf, your education, spouse, job, salary, and location are extremely limited to other deaf communities and people. Also, Heather would not "loose deaf culture" so to speak but would be adding "hearing culture." Heather was only five when Sound and Fury shot, and so she had little say in the matter of the cochlear implant that could have radically change her life. Eleven years later, I would be interested to see how her life and Peter's (Heather's cousin who was implanted) developed differently.

Fears

Perferctionism is not a character attribute.  It is a fear. It starts at a young age and grows like a vine. It begins simple. Someone notices how well you do something be it at school or a sport. Then the standard is set. You cannot fail; you cannot let anyone else down. Everybody has their off days, but you can't afford to let that happen. Webster defines perfectionism as "a disposition to regard anything short of perfection as unacceptable." However, if you are not careful then this "disposition" could easily become your life or prevent you from truly living it.  In the words of Winston Churchill, “The maxim "Nothing but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis.”