Introduction Critical thinking is one of the most important skills for a professional practicing in any sphere. According to Roy Eichhorn (n.d.), critical thinking has been recognized as an individual sphere of knowledge and practice for many decades, and the first works acknowledging it date back to the 1940s. At that time, the ability to think critically and recognize the deeper meaning of information coming from the outside world became more attractive due to the pressure of the totalitarian governments that were operating in the majority of countries around the world (Eichhorn, n.d.). Critical thinking can be defined as a self-directed and self-monitored process of thinking that involves other intellectual and cognitive abilities to improve the process of thinking itself. In other words, critical thinking can also be called “thinking about thinking” (Eichhorn, n.d.). Eichorn differentiated between eight steps of critical thinking: points of view, purpose, question, information, interpretation, concepts, assumptions, and implications. In this paper, all of the steps will be applied to a single memo. Also, a ninth step will be added, which involves the knowledge and identification of fallacies based on An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments by Ali Almossawi. The Purpose of Thinking (Goal, Objective) The memo under examination was addressed to Mr. Kanye Kardashian-Fuentes, President of SAG-AFTRA union in Nevada, by HR Director RuPaul Fabowlus to address the conflict involving Ms. Eugenia Glover, a union member who had filed a lawsuit against the organization. The author of the memo explains the problem in detail by describing the events that caused Ms. Glover’s earlier termination. The description itself is presented in quite an objective way and does not include any judgments of any of the conflicting parties. Instead, Ms. Fabowlus simply outlines the sequence of actions that led to Ms. Glover’s lawsuit. Also, the author provides links to all of the articles and posts she mentions in the memo so that readers can better understand the events and the problem under discussion. The goal of the author is to familiarize the readers with the issue and achieve a full understanding of the actions that need to be taken in response. Ms. Fabowlus makes the issue very comprehensible so that the readers can grasp the scale and importance of the problem, as well as its potential consequences for the organization they manage. Question at Issue (Problem) The problem discussed in the memo involves many sides: Ms. Glover, who accuses the union of being unfair and failing to fulfill its duties; the union managers and leaders, who need to decide whether to take Ms. Glover’s side or confront her accusations; Al Jazeera America (AJAM) and Bill O’Reilly, as parties participating in the conflict; and other stakeholders such as the members of the union, many of whom are powerful celebrities. Practically, the issue at stake is the reputation of each of the clashing sides. Ms. Glover is fighting for her professional image and the future of her career as a TV host and an editor. The SAG-AFTRA union and its leaders and managers are similarly interested in the preservation of their good names. In particular, according to Ms. Fabowlus, the failure of the