As I was reading the blogs in The Wall Street Journal, I found the blog 2010 will be a Tough Census.The author has expressed his individual ideas and thoughts about 2010’s census which is likely to be the tough census and the most challenging population count in recent history. The cost of census is also expected to rise and there is doubt regarding the accuracy of the count. Sean Reardon, Professor at Stanford University who studies income inequality has indicated that recession could make hard to find the people.

       The author has given his reason which is the bad timing where census is going to take place during the worst recession period. He says that the government knows when the census takes place but it is the economic condition which is so unpredictable. He has predicted that this year’s census would take place aftermath of the worst recession. The writer has given more importance to the recession because it is considered as one of the topmost factor which is expected to hinder the 2010’s census. He has compared the timing of census with the past which used to take place in prosperous time before the beginning of the recession. He has answered how the population count would be affected if the census is conducted in awake of deep recession .People have been forced to move around different places because of the economic hardship due to which they could be omitted from the count. Also census seekers have to search them when they do not answer their surveys which will raise the cost of census .The author has tried to give us information how the cost of the census would increase and how tough the census of 2010 is going to be with his relevant ideas.

        I agree with the author’s idea but I think the reason he has offered is not enough to support the fact. He could have included the data and statistics to support his ideas. There is no any logics and evidences which would grab the reader’s mind. The topic he has chosen is very reasonable and appropriate as compared to the content. I think he could have added more facts and content to make more fascinating and interesting rather than simply presenting his own ideas.

The Voter will pay

Electronic voting is controversial. People have doubts about the machines and the companies that make them. According to editorial from the New York Times, the nation would be using almost 70 percent of machines made by a single company which would make it difficult to negotiate prices and guarantee quality. The editor argues that justice department should reject it because it is against the public’s interest. He has also given some of the evidences of 2000 presidential election debacle in Florida which had highlighted the deep flaws in voting machine technology with the hanging chads and uncounted votes. He also adds that it would not create any robust competition rather it would disappear.

According to the article, various studies have shown that many voting machines are vulnerable to remove software glitches and intentional vote theft and having the large percent of the nation’s vote counted on machines made by a single company increases vulnerability to these problems. I agree with the writer of this article because we cannot totally rely on the machines and the services provided by a single company like Diebold and expect fair voting. Therefore, the Justice Department should use its authority to ensure the trust of people before the situation gets worse.

I chose this article because I think that the writer has been able to raise the questions that are on the top of the head of people. The author has focused all the range of people by raising the issue of this unsecured voting system that most of the people are unsatisfied with. He is successful in supporting all the range of people by choosing this topic and has successfully conveyed the message that we should be more careful about what decisions government makes about voting machines. The article clearly sets the example that we should try to use the Justice Department to protect our voting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/opinion/26fri3.html?ref=opinion

Health Care Reform

Public health Care Issue is one of the concerning topic during these days. Even after six month of the hot debate, no one showed the interest in health care reform. Despite hard work of government to create the public awareness about the health care reform, the result did not showed the positive attitude of the people towards the issue, rather the number dropped than the past results.According to this  news,fifty one percent of the people opposed the propose of changing the health care system presented by Obama and the Congress and forty four percent are on favor and the rest are undecided. The detailed report on health care reform can be found in (http://abcnews.go.com/images/PollingUnit/1100a4HealthCare.pdf) the overall result from the poll shows that people are losing their interest towards the health care reform. Therefore, I suggest everyone should raise concern on health care reform and support it .