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Conflict needs healthy resolution | Rich Elfers
I bet I can predict how you deal with conflict. How can I do that? Because there are…
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The five ways of handling conflict | Politics in Focus
I bet I can predict how you deal with conflict. How can I do that? Because there are…
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Modern world short on virtue | Rich Elfers
Do you know the seven virtues? The ancient Greeks gave us four of them: prudence, justice, temperance (restraint)…
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Whence virtue? | Politics in Focus
Research has shown that if we think about certain virtues when we are confronted with difficult issues, our…
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Union seeking more influence | Rich Elfers
Why does it appear that unions and political parties are starting to support candidates for nonpartisan races? Why…
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Are non-partisan endorsements a sign of ‘mission creep?’
Why does it appear that unions and political parties are starting to support candidates for nonpartisan races? Why…
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Arctic ice melting more rapidly than predicted | Politics in Focus
Arctic ice is melting even more quickly than scientists predicted. At this time last year, an area the…
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A brief history of The Pill | Politics in Focus
By 1962, 1.2 million U.S. women were using the Enovid birth control pill. By 1963, the numbers almost…
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Do you know the difference between fact and opinion? | Politics in Focus
Think back about the last argument you had. Someone made a categorical statement that you strongly disagreed with.…
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Modern tale of trash, treasure | Rich Elfers
Did you ever wonder what became of all the aluminum cans, scrap paper and plastic containers you faithfully…
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Enumclaw library acquisition brought improvement | Rich Elfers
Voters narrowly approved the Enumclaw library acquisition by the King County Library System back in April 2012 by…
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Law often complex, and it often depends on… | Rich Elfers
Edward Snowden leaked information about the National Security Agency PRISM Program that spied on emails and phone calls…
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Lesson shows power corrupts | Rich Elfers
When I taught sociology in high school, I employed something called a simulation as a class lesson. I…