The Blair reader Book

I had this book assigned to me in college (or, some of the pieces within it), and knew I should hold onto the volume and read more of it later...
Five years later, I now got around to reading through the whole book. Most of the essays in this book are really well written, most are quite thought-provoking... Some of them pose viewpoints I disagree with (but that's generally in the context of two conflicting arguments presented back to back -- and that's necessary in a textbook designed for critical reading).