Opinion
Three errors made by our president | Rich Elfers
President Obama has made three major mistakes in regard to foreign policy. First, U.S. intervention in Libya destroyed…
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Three errors made by our president | Rich Elfers
President Obama has made three major mistakes in regard to foreign policy. First, U.S. intervention in Libya destroyed…
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Children will turn out just like parents | Rich Elfers
An education expert spoke to a group of worried high school-age parents. His opening statement told them they…
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Understanding geography of red, blue | Rich Elfers
Do you know why blue (Democratic) states are clustered in the Northeast and along the West Coast on…
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What’s all this about a pipeline? | Rich Elfers
What’s all the fuss about the Keystone XL pipeline proposal anyway? The proposed 1,179-mile pipeline from Alberta, Canada,…
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Less empathy from the super wealthy | Rich Elfers
A recent statistic from the Feb. 2, 2015, Newsweek magazine (p. 13) noted that 50 percent is the…
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Considering school class sizes | Rich Elfers
How big should your child’s class size be? According to State Initiative 1351, which barely passed recently, smaller…
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The American myth of equality | Rich Elfers
Most Americans value equality because of the ringing words of Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence: “We…
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Ripple effect will rattle the Russians | Rich Elfers
Throw a rock into a quiet pond and you will see that ripples are created far past the…
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Republicans can learn from Federalists | Rich Elfers
The year was 1798 and the Federalists, fearful of the French Revolution spreading to the United States, passed…
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The immigration policy battle | Rich Elfers
The battle we are now witnessing between the president and the Republicans in Congress over immigration is a…
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Election brought few surprises | Rich Elfers
There were only a few surprises in last week’s elections. The outcome turned out to be pretty much…
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GOP victory may be temporary | Rich Elfers
Republicans may find that their midterm election victory is only temporary.