7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question

(including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the

inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demon-
strating understanding of the subject under investigation.


Obama "Middle-class economics" Article

What happen?

• Obama struck a defiant and ambitious tone in his sixth state union, claiming credit for successfully leading the U.S out of recession.
• Proposed closing tax loopholes on large inheritances
• Obama pledged to veto any republican attempts to dismantic the Affordable Act.  

What the editors said?

• President Obama fiscal pipe dreams are "amusingly detached from the reality of the largest GOP majority in congress since 1949.
• Obama deserves credit for being "a full-throated debate about wealth concentration and the frustrations of the middle class.

What the columnist said?

• Obama is acting like an internet troll, said John Podhoretz.
• The President is "playing a longer game", said Brian