Linda did poorly on the midterm. Therefore, Linda is not a diligent student. For each of the following pairs of statements comment as to whether the first statement is relevant to the second. In many Third World countries, the governments are often incompetent. The United States has an incompetent government.
Every child has a legal right to state-supported education.
Fallacies involve either a common mistake in reasoning or some illusion that makes a bad argument look like a good one. Obviously, Mr. Goldberg advocates atheism. But atheism is what they used to have in Russia. Atheism leads to the suppression of all religions and the replacement of God by an omnipotent state. I hardly think so.