Peter Knight is a lecturer in literature at the University of Manchester. Prior to his employment in Manchester, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Nottingham, as well as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at New York University and a Study Abroad Fellow at Harvard. Dr. Knight is the author of two books; “The Kennedy Assassination” and “Conspiracy Culture of Conspiracy – American Paranoia Following the Kennedy Assassination.” He has also edited and contributed to several books and journal articles. In his article “Trained as traitors, liars and slave masters!” ” which he wrote for the “Freedom Networker,” he presents an argument that members of secret societies are all part of a plan to create a “new world order.” Knight wrote this article for the Freedom Networker, a conspiracy-minded right-wing militia publication. (Knight). Due to the historical nature of this topic, Knight was unable to effectively implement Toulmins' model of argumentation. The Toulmins model states that most arguments contain six parts: 1.) Claims, 2.) Data/motives, 3.) Warrants, 4.) Support, 5.) Qualifiers, and 6.) Rebuttals. (The Toulmin Model of Argumentation.) Knight claims that there are over a million of us who, he believes, are being trained to be traitors to freedom itself. He goes on to tell his audience his claims that these elite members of these secret societies are all closely related and working toward a common goal: a "new world order." Knight lists such societies as "Skull and Bones", "The Knight Templars", "Knights of Malta", "Order of the Eastern Star", and "Council of Foreign Relations", but ultimately chooses to focus only on "Francis- masons” and their roles in “The New World Order”. (Knight).The...... middle of paper......fashionable, as if the author believed that the words he wrote did not need any qualification. Knight believes that these members of the secret society are present in all areas of government and foundations of society and the way the article is written makes it interpreted by its readers as an unqualified endorsement which assumes that it does not There will be no argument regarding the allegation that is made. In conclusion, this article proved to be a factual argument that the author did not expect to receive any rebuttals from his readers. It was written for a right-wing, conspiracy-minded militia publication in which the author assumed that readers would be like-minded and agree with his argument that all secret societies seek to establish a " new world order" in which the little man will be made a slave of the government and those who have power and wealth.