Opinion
The relationship of wealth and power, miniaturized | Politics in Focus
When I taught sociology in high school, I employed something called a simulation as a class lesson. I…
Opinion
Problems cannot be ignored | Rich Elfers
Another bridge collapsed recently. This time it was on Interstate 5 just north of Mount Vernon. Fortunately, no…
Opinion
The politics of fixing bridges | Politics in Focus
Another bridge collapsed recently. This time it was on Interstate 5 just north of Mount Vernon. Fortunately, no…
Opinion
Two schools of economic thought inform modern political split | Rich Elfers
Two major theories have been battling in America: Keynesian Economic Theory and the Chicago School Economic Theory propounded…
Opinion
There’s no end to second-term troubles | RICH ELFERS
Do you ever wonder why every two-term president since Richard Nixon has had a scandal or three during…
Opinion
Second term presidential scandals | Rich Elfers, Politics in Focus
Do you ever wonder why every two-term president since Richard Nixon has had a scandal or three during…
Opinion
Failure just one step to success | RICH ELFERS
It’s paradoxical, but true: Sometimes failure is good for us. That was my experience several years ago. I…
Opinion
Failure isn’t the end | Rich Elfers
It’s paradoxical, but true: Sometimes failure is good for us. That was my experience several years ago. I…
Life
Be like Ben, examine your life | Rich Elfers
Do you know what your life thesis is? You have one whether you realize it or not. We…
Opinion
What’s your life thesis? | Rich Elfers
Do you know what your life thesis is? You have one whether you realize it or not. We…
Opinion
Feds, state let issue of mental illness slide to cities | RICH ELFERS
Enumclaw and Buckley mayors relate how King and Pierce counties have dumped the problem of the homeless mentally…
Opinion
Marathon bombings illustrate how brutality objectifies | Rich Elfers’ Politics in Focus
In 1915, during World War I, Imperial Germany made a fateful decision that has rippled down to us…
Opinion
North Korea strategy is failing | RICH ELFERS
Since the collapse of the USSR in 1991, North Korea has used a strategy of “ferocious, weak, and…