Opinion
Issues change, but attitudes endure | Rich Elfers
The opposing visions of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists have battled and continue to battle each other since the…
Opinion
Issues change, but attitudes endure | Rich Elfers
The opposing visions of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists have battled and continue to battle each other since the…
Opinion
‘Anti-immigrant’ is an American tradition | Rich Elfers
“This refugee stance is so un-American,” wrote Karen Morris in a News Tribune letter to the editor on…
Opinion
Inflexible nationalism and beliefs a danger | Richard Elfers
World War II era German theologian Paul Althaus noted, “We Lutherans see Hitler as a gift and a…
Opinion
A historical perspective of Islamic State | Rich Elfers
I cringed as I watched the bloodbath claimed by ISIS in Paris in the news recently and wondered,…
Opinion
The fourth estate and its responsibilities | Rich Elfers
Have you ever been asked “Gotcha!” questions in a public forum? This is what happened to Republican presidential…
Opinion
Human nature is a balancing act | Rich Elfers
This is Google’s core philosophy about human beings, according to Laslo Bock, Google’s head of people operation (human…
Opinion
What goes around comes around | Rich Elfers
History has a way of repeating itself, but never in exactly the same way. After Chinese President Xi…
News
Freedom without order is chaos | Rich Elfers
Freedom! What a wonderful power—or is it? I considered that paradox after speaking with one of my Chinese…
Opinion
Campaigns are not for faint of heart | Rich Elfers
‘Tis the season for charge and countercharge, smear for smear, for endorsing candidates through letters to the editor,…
Opinion
Campaigns are not for faint of heart | Rich Elfers
‘Tis the season for charge and countercharge, smear for smear, for endorsing candidates through letters to the editor,…
Opinion
On both sides, moderates will emerge | Rich Elfers
There are two key assumptions about human nature that help me predict who the next U.S. presidential candidates…
Opinion
On both sides, moderates will emerge | Rich Elfers
There are two key assumptions about human nature that help me predict who the next U.S. presidential candidates…