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Visit puts free speech into perspective
I was excited about visiting Zimbabwe. I had traveled to South Africa previously to visit my daughter, Betsy,…
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Why would anyone want the top job?
How easy is it for you to make a decision? What if you’re the president of the United…
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Confederate statues and what they mean
A history professor once commented that rarely do the defeated erect statues to their defeats. On a personal…
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Our leaders act like spoiled children
Have you wondered why Republicans, who fought Obamacare for seven years, are having trouble repealing and replacing Obamacare?
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Roberts was brilliant with travel ban
How did John Roberts, chief justice of the United States, avoid appearing partisan in the Supreme Court’s recent…
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Presenting a third way of thinking
During my training as the political action person for the Sumner Education Association, we were told teachers make…
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Focusing on the many ties that bind us
We humans often find it difficult to face reality. Many of us have created adaptive ways to avoid…
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Solutions can be hidden in plain sight
I had foolishly used my band saw to cut through a plastic bottle of rhino glue to get…
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If you run for office, your thinking changes
The week of May 15-19 was the filing time and in Enumclaw, all city government positions had at…
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Carried along the rough waters of Trump
James Comey, recently-fired FBI Director, gained his reputation for integrity when he was Assistant Attorney General during the…
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Scrap outmoded definition of Arab
When I tread the corridors and walkways of Green River College, I constantly pass women wearing hijabs (Muslim…
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Operating in different realities
We all live simultaneously in three realities, states theoretical physicist Max Tegmark in his book, “Our Mathematical Universe”.…
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Trump fumbling early chance at success
“Trump identified the right problem too early,” according to “Geopolitical Futures” analyst George Friedman in an article entitled,…