Nicholas Kristof, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, in his editorial, “For Environmental Balance, Pick Up a Rifle”, argues that people need to bring back hunting of the exceedingly population of deer in the United States and suggests the restoration of the environmental balance will return after doing so. The author backs up this claim by doing the following: first, he provides statistics about the current deer population; next, he presents examples of past cases involving deer interactions; lastly, he cites knowledgeable experts in the field. Kristof appears to write in hopes of bringing back the concept of hunting over-populated deer in order to make his readers aware of the present hazards deer bring to the environment and people. The author’s