In response to the nationwide announcement of an anti-drug campaign by George H. Bush, Milton Friedman wrote “An Open Letter to Bill Bennett” in hopes of not only deferring, but calling a cease to this war on drugs. Through Friedman’s Continue reading →

Reading with an analytical eye for a rhetorical analysis requires understanding the purpose in which the author is writing for and seeing how they write in order to achieve that goal. It takes into account the language, evidence, structure and much Continue reading →

“An Open Letter to Bill Bennett” is a letter that advocates for the decriminalization of drugs. It was written in 1989 when George H. Bush was proposing to launch his nearly $3 billion anti-drug campaign on September 5, 1989 where Continue reading →

Milton Friedman’s letter to Bill Bennett, the ‘drug expert’ of the George H.W. Bush administration, is an attempt to persuade Bennett towards the legalization of drugs in the United States, for which there are several different rhetorical strategies employed. The Continue reading →

Who is Milton Friedman? Well known in the economics world, Friedman won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis in 1976, however, he has a very strong opinion when it comes to public policy. Continue reading →

In terms of Selzer’s article, rhetorical analysis can be understood as “an effort to understand how people within specific social situations attempt to influence others through language (Selzer 280-81). In other words, through rhetorical analysis, readers can get a better Continue reading →

Before analyzing a text it is important to know what our subject is. The letter was written by Milton Friedman who was an American economist and statistician best known for his strong belief in free-market capitalism. Also, he was a Continue reading →

Rhetorical analysis refers to breaking up a piece of literature into multiple parts and then uses those parts to try to persuade or entertain a certain position/view-point. Within the article Selzer addresses Aristotle early on mentioning stating “Aristotle was at Continue reading →

Milton Friedman was a successful American economist. He was so successful that he received the Nobel prize for his research of consumption analysis, monetary history, and theory and the complexity of stabilization policy. Something Friedman strongly believed was that the Continue reading →

According to Selzer, a good rhetorical analysis analyzes an author’s work by reflecting on the time period, audience, and of course, the author’s opinion or goal. When doing a rhetorical analysis, one must consider the connotations of the author’s words Continue reading →