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Articles by Richard Elfers
Supreme Court ruling unleashed big money | Rich Elfers
Supreme Court ruling unleashed big money | Rich...
By Richard Elfers • July 16, 2012 6:36 pm

The campaign season is upon us. Signs are popping up and ads are appearing in the media. This year you’ll probably experience a lot more campaign ads and general political noise.

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Politics in Focus | North Korea’s nuclear specter hangs over Seoul | Rich Elfers
Politics in Focus | North Korea’s nuclear specter...
By Richard Elfers • July 16, 2012 6:04 pm

Nearly 50,000 American and United Nations forces died in Korea during the Korean War in 1950-53. Another 2 million Koreans died in the Cold War conflict. Today, the presence of 28,000 American soldiers sends a silent message to North Korea’s regime, warning them not to launch another invasion of their cousins to the south.

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Politics in Focus | Citizens United decision unleashed corporate money | Rich Elfers
Politics in Focus | Citizens United decision unleashed...
By Richard Elfers • July 10, 2012 2:45 pm

The campaign season is upon us. Signs are popping up and ads are appearing in the media. This year you’ll probably experience a lot more campaign ads and general political noise. The reason for this increase is due to the decision the Supreme Court made in January 2010, just two and a half years ago.

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Religion informs our international politics whether you know it or not | Rich Elfers
Religion informs our international politics whether you know...
By Richard Elfers • June 29, 2012 2:22 pm

What are two things your mother told you to never bring up as a discussion topic? Religion and politics, right? Well, these are the two topics I’m going to discuss in this column, so hang on to your hats! Our topic is Christian Zionism.

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Challenge is the seed of personal growth | Rich Elfers
Challenge is the seed of personal growth |...
By Richard Elfers • June 27, 2012 6:30 pm

Many of you who are reading this article are Baby Boomers. Others are the generations that will follow in the wake of the Boomers. Like it or not, you’ll have to live with our decisions about retirement because our great numbers will suck much of the Social Security fund up before you get a chance to use it for yourselves. We Boomers can set a good example for the younger generations that follow us or we can set a bad example. We will definitely set an example no matter what we do.

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Boomers must set example | Rich Elfers
Boomers must set example | Rich Elfers
By Richard Elfers • June 25, 2012 8:42 pm

Many of you who are reading this article are Baby Boomers. Others are the generations that will follow in the wake of the Boomers.

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Editorial | Hot-button issues get votes | Rich Elfers
Editorial | Hot-button issues get votes | Rich...
By Richard Elfers • June 18, 2012 7:47 pm

Same-sex marriage. This is the most recent, commonly used hot button that is rallying the troops on either side of the political spectrum. The topic raises people’s blood pressure, cause the veins in their necks to pop out and reddens their faces.

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Be vigilant against emotions hijacking your votes | Rich Elfers
Be vigilant against emotions hijacking your votes |...
By Richard Elfers • June 15, 2012 2:28 pm

Same-sex marriage. This is the most recent, commonly used hot button that is rallying the troops on either side of the political spectrum. The topic raises people’s blood pressure, cause the veins in their necks to pop out and reddens their faces.

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Editorial | Ask what you can do for your city | Rich Elfers
Editorial | Ask what you can do for...
By Richard Elfers • June 11, 2012 7:27 pm

“Plan with the end in mind.” This is one of the seven points in the book “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey. I think it applies to the recent decision by voters to go with the King County Library System rather than keep control of our own library. There were two different and competing visions for Enumclaw in that close vote. Consider the two perspectives, because how Enumclaw will look 20 years from now will depend on which vision is accepted by the residents.

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Editorial | Economy in precarious position | Rich Elfers
Editorial | Economy in precarious position | Rich...
By Richard Elfers • June 4, 2012 11:58 pm

It was October 1929 and the stock market had crashed. It was well known by the public at that time that some commercial banks had loaned money to stock speculators who had then gone to their stockbrokers and bought stocks on margin. That means they only put a small percentage of the cost of the stock down (say 10 percent) and promised to pay the balance when stock prices rose. Unfortunately for the stockbrokers, the speculators and the commercial banks, they couldn’t be repaid because the speculators had lost all their money with the crash.

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Editorial | Three Emotions Determine Political Decisions | Rich Elfers
Editorial | Three Emotions Determine Political Decisions |...
By Richard Elfers • May 30, 2012 4:28 pm

Let’s face it; we humans make political decisions based largely on emotions. We like to think we’re rational and logical, but in reality three emotions really govern our political decision-making: trust, fear and hope. Being aware of these three emotions and how they interact can help us make better decisions when we vote this fall.

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Editorial | Elections bought by rich, powerful | Rich Elfers
Editorial | Elections bought by rich, powerful |...
By Richard Elfers • May 22, 2012 1:02 pm

In the first decade of the 20th century Teddy Roosevelt came to the presidency by the fluke of an assassin’s bullet. His goal as president was to regulate and control, but not destroy big corporations or “malefactors of great wealth” that had a stranglehold on the nation.

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Editorial | Reflections from four years on the Enumclaw City Council | Rich Elfers
Editorial | Reflections from four years on the...
By Richard Elfers • May 15, 2012 6:31 pm

In 2009, the Nestlé company wanted to come to our town and establish a water bottling plant. Their proposal involved taking over “first rights” of Enumclaw’s water supply.

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