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Obama’s mistakes in foreign policy | In Focus by Rich Elfers
President Obama has made three major mistakes in regard to foreign policy
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Parents most important part of education | In Focus by Rich Elfers
An education expert spoke to a group of worried high school-age parents. His opening statement told them they…
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Understanding the geography of red, blue
March 13 edition of In Focus, a column by Rich Elfers
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Keystone Pipeline: A tempest in a teapot
What’s all the fuss about the Keystone XL pipeline proposal anyway?
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Being wealthy could be bad for your health
Income inequality has grown enormously over the past 30 years. As these numbers suggest, we are facing a…
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Deeper plans for college funding
Why did President Obama make his recent proposal to federally fund two years of community college to all…
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Cuba: End of a bad policy | Rich Elfers
The best way to deal with Castro would have been for the U.S. to keep quiet and to…
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No-win situation for Republicans | Rich Elfers
Elfers thinks of the Alien and Sedition Acts when seeing what the Republicans in Congress are doing with…
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Tug and pull over immigration | In Focus by Rich Elfers
The battle we are now witnessing between the president and the Republicans in Congress over immigration is a…
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Election features a few surprise outcomes | Rich Elfers
Elfers discusses the few surprises in last week’s elections
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Promises of collaboration | In Focus
Bipartisanship campaigns are “in” in the 2014 elections
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Taking a closer look at today’s education | Rich Elfers | In Focus
There is no mention of education in the Constitution. If that is the case, and it is, why…
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Russell Wilson sets example for us all | Rich Elfers
Elfers explains why the Seahawks quarterback is worth emulating
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Shun idealism, embrace reality | Rich Elfers
The way President Obama and the European Union are handling the Ukrainian crisis is a major mistake
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Former “secdef” praises and criticizes | Rich Elfers
Gates has written a book called “Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War.” As borne out in his…
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Senate leadership must hold itself accountable | Rich Elfers
We are living in a culture where the financial elite in their greed can nearly destroy a nation…
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Putin’s reign may be ending | Rich Elfers
Putin’s strategy has been to tone down the conflict in Ukraine, while sending in more, sophisticated weaponry to…
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The age of tech ‘megatrends’ | Rich Elfers
The new economic model is one where, “Superstar-based technical change is upending the global economy.”