Weekly Editorial - February 27, 2020
1. The purpose of an editorial/commentary is to explain, persuade, warn, criticize, entertain, praise or answer. What do you think is the purpose of the Wall Street Journal editors’ op-ed? Explain your answer.
2. What is the main idea of this article?
3. For the truth about Castro that many Americans already know, read "Fidel Castro’s Communist Utopia" written after he died on Nov. 29, 2016.
The editors conclude this commentary on Bernie Sanders with, "The issue for voters today is what it says about Mr. Sanders that, even after so many years of cruel evidence, he still feels compelled to insist there is a silver lining in the Cuban revolution."
What do you think it says about Bernie?
4. Does this editorial change your view of the Democrats presidential front-runner Democratic-Socialist Bernie Sanders?