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    Articles by Richard Elfers
    In the sock drawer of good and evil | Rich Elfers’ Politics in Focus
    In the sock drawer of good and evil...
    By Richard Elfers • November 29, 2012 1:38 pm

    Are children born with an innate sense of right and wrong? That was the question a 60 Minutes segment explored on Nov. 18. The Yale study used hand puppets to test whether children as young as 3 months knew right from wrong. This study gives us a more complete picture of moral development with deep implications for us all.

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    Quality, not quantity, is the key | RICH ELFERS
    Quality, not quantity, is the key | RICH...
    By Richard Elfers • November 28, 2012 3:16 pm

    The 2012 election was the most expensive political war in American history. Republicans and Democrats spent $6 billion on all the campaigns – presidential and congressional and on the state level.

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    Election spending about quality, not quantity | Rich Elfers’ Politics in Focus
    Election spending about quality, not quantity | Rich...
    By Richard Elfers • November 26, 2012 6:55 pm

    The 2012 election was the most expensive political war in American history. Republicans and Democrats spent $6 billion on all the campaigns – presidential and congressional and on the state level.

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    All candidates can get ‘framed’ | Rich Elfers’ Politics in Focus
    All candidates can get ‘framed’ | Rich Elfers’...
    By Richard Elfers • November 20, 2012 7:18 pm

    In order to win big stakes elections in America, it’s necessary to frame your opponent in an unfavorable light.

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    Politicians master the art of framing | Rich Elfers’ Politics in Focus
    Politicians master the art of framing | Rich...
    By Richard Elfers • November 16, 2012 9:42 pm

    In order to win big stakes elections in America, it’s necessary to frame your opponent in an unfavorable light. Your opponent tries to do the same thing to you. Whoever is more successful in framing their opponent will win the election.

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    Reaching for the other side of the aisle | Rich Elfers’ Politics in Focus
    Reaching for the other side of the aisle...
    By Richard Elfers • November 9, 2012 5:38 pm

    Have you had enough of slanted political views, slander and stubborn, self-righteous partisanship? I have. I’m glad elections are done for at least a year. It seems what Americans are hungry for is cooperation and compromise between the political parties in the nation’s Congress and the state and local governments for the good of the nation. What most of us really would like to see is a sense of balance and moderation.

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    Understanding Syria | Rich Elfers’ Politics in Focus
    Understanding Syria | Rich Elfers’ Politics in Focus
    By Richard Elfers • November 1, 2012 2:29 pm

    Syria is a nation formed by Britain and France out of the remains of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. France chose to have Syria and Lebanon as its mandated protectorate as formulated by the League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations.

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    What happens if no one wins? | RICH ELFERS
    What happens if no one wins? | RICH...
    By Richard Elfers • October 30, 2012 3:45 pm

    All the polls say this presidential election will be very close. According to one political writer, it will come down to about a million people who live in the battleground states whose highest education is a high school diploma. What if there is no clear Electoral College winner?

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    Could this year’s election beget a historic glitch? | Politics in Focus
    Could this year’s election beget a historic glitch?...
    By Richard Elfers • October 25, 2012 2:54 pm

    All the polls say this presidential election will be very close. According to one political writer, it will come down to about a million people who live in the battleground states whose highest education is a high school diploma.

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    Politics and ethics can coexist | RICH ELFERS
    Politics and ethics can coexist | RICH ELFERS
    By Richard Elfers • October 24, 2012 4:19 pm

    Recently I announced a guest Pacific Lutheran University professor at my church would be discussing Christian ethics and politics during the Adult Forum. I received laughter when I noted those two terms didn’t have to be mutually exclusive.

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    Political fractures fuel candidates’ dishonesty | Politics in Focus
    Political fractures fuel candidates’ dishonesty | Politics in...
    By Richard Elfers • October 22, 2012 7:09 pm

    Recently I announced a guest Pacific Lutheran University professor at my church would be discussing Christian ethics and politics during the Adult Forum. I received laughter when I noted those two terms didn’t have to be mutually exclusive. Both presidential candidates claim to be Christian, but in the heat of political battle for the highest office in the land, truth seems to have taken a back seat to winning – or is it to avoid losing?

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    Apartheid impacts are still felt in South Africa | RICH ELFERS
    Apartheid impacts are still felt in South Africa...
    By Richard Elfers • October 17, 2012 2:23 pm

    Crime and violence are notoriously high in South Africa. If you drive around just about anywhere you will see high walls with barbed or concertina wire encircling nearly every middle- or upper-class home. Often, broken glass or metal spikes stick out of the tops of these walls to discourage thieves from climbing over.

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    Executive privilege a tricky trap | Rich Elfers
    Executive privilege a tricky trap | Rich Elfers
    By Richard Elfers • October 11, 2012 12:38 pm

    Gov. Chris Gregoire is under pressure for claiming executive privilege. The issues involve withholding of emails and internal documents on the Alaskan Way Viaduct, medical marijuana laws, and criminal pardons, to name three.

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