any writers or english majors out there? need some help

[BentleyJD]

Lord, I hate comp II. Professor seems to think shes teaching a graduate course or something.
Anyway, I'm writing an essay on Alzheimer's.
Is it wrong to refer to Michael Reagan as a "right-wing" radio host?
And is a rag like Human Events an academic journal?
take care
tony and dietrich

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Yes, use POLITICAL RIGHT

I think it is an academic journal but if you are doing it on ALzheimers better look at the Ameican Medical Association and the Lancet.

[BentleyJD]

4. thanks

I did notice the Lancet had a lot of articles
take care
tony and dietrich

[jobycom]

2. If his poilitical affiliation is important to the point you're making

then list it, otherwise don't. If you are just identifying him, stick with radio host, or more descriptively, radio talk show host.

I'm not familiar with Human Events, but unless it is the type of journal where noted scholars post their scholarly research, then it's not an academic journal. That doesn't necessarily mean it's an unreliabel source. Are you trying to cite a fact from it, or an opinion? If you say something like "An article in HE made the argument that...," then citing it is fine. If you are citing proof to uphold an argument, and want to use HE in your footnotes, then it would matter whether it was an academically accepted journal. Then you'd do better citing the author, like say "Dr. Franken, noted expert on the subject, said in HE that..."

Don't complain about professors requiring high quality. We need more, not less, of that. Better education means fewer Republicans.

[BentleyJD]

6. oh I have

an A on my first essays. I just feel like I'm never going to catch up.
This is an argumentive writing class. Most academic journal articles are on some sort of research, and it's hard to find an opposing view point in such articles
take care
tony and dietrich

[alittlelark]

3. Check out the DU Writers Forum

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=216

[azoth]

5. ooh "right-wing"...

For a class, use "politically conservative." And "academic journal" or maybe "periodical", eh?

[pretzel4gore]

7. michael reagan-bushevik mediawhore

blunt but frank