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The last freedom is the choice of one’s attitude | Rich Elfers
Recently one of my courses at Green River College was dropped due to lack of enrollment. I wasn’t…
Opinion
Thoughts of death shape our politics | Rich Elfers
Does this apply to you? “More than 250 experiments in more than a dozen countries have demonstrated that…
Opinion
Thoughts of death shape our politics | Rich Elfers
Does this apply to you? “More than 250 experiments in more than a dozen countries have demonstrated that…
Opinion
The pursuit of happiness | Rich Elfers
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by…
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The pursuit of happiness | Rich Elfers
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by…
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Let’s get ready for a tumultuous 2016 | Rich Elfers
After the 9/11/2001 attacks al-Qaeda became our terrorist enemy. Today it is ISIS. If the pattern continues and…
Opinion
Let’s get ready for a tumultuous 2016 | Rich Elfers
After the 9/11/2001 attacks al-Qaeda became our terrorist enemy. Today it is ISIS. If the pattern continues and…
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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…
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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…
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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…