Choose one:

1. Pick a speech by a contemporary American politician. Does it reflect the constrained vision or the unconstrained vision? Why? How might an adherent of the other view criticize it?

2. Identify one major weakness of Dionne's analysis. Explain. How could he have done better?

• Essays should be typed, stapled, double-spaced, and no more than three pages long. I will not read past the third page. If you choose the first question, attach a copy of the speech, which will not count against the page limit.
• Put your name on a cover sheet. Do not identify yourself on the text pages.
• Cite your sources. You may use either endnotes or parenthetical references to a bibliography. In either case, put your documentation in a standard format (e.g., Turabian or Chicago Manual of Style).
• Watch your spelling, grammar, diction, and punctuation. Errors will count against you.
• Return essays at the beginning of class, Wednesday, 12 February. Essays will drop one gradepoint for one day's lateness, and a full grade for two days' lateness. After that, I will accept no papers. I will grant no extensions without verification of illness or emergency.