Failure isn't the end | Rich Elfers
It’s paradoxical, but true: Sometimes failure is good for us. That was my experience several years ago. I had been teaching high school history for 22 years by then and still had no sympathy for students who didn’t work hard and did poorly as a result. They would often give up rather than try to succeed. Sometimes they would act up in class, further frustrating me.
Life lessons from film noir history | Our Corner
Robert Rossen hooked me for a couple of hours Sunday.
It’s time for another political silly season
We just endured months of obnoxious blogs, letters, signs, and grandstanding with the Metropolitan Park District. Get ready for months of more of the same.
Help the post office fight hunger
Did you get your plastic bag in the mail for the Letter Carriers’ Food Drive? Did you remember to gather a bag or two of non-perishable food items? Were your donations by your mailbox on Saturday, May 11?
What's your life thesis? | Rich Elfers
Do you know what your life thesis is? You have one whether you realize it or not. We all do. It’s the spectacles we use to interpret everything that happens to us. That life thesis comes as a result of major life events that shaped our thinking when we were young.
Learning how to sail my own ship | Our Corner
I recently finished reading “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott. For those of you not familiar with the tale it is the coming of age story of the four March sisters — Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Now, if you talk to someone who has read the book, or seen the movie, you’re likely to hear about Jo and Beth as favorite characters. Meg isn’t really on anyone’s radar, not surprising since she is more or less a non-character in the second half of the book. Amy is the obnoxious one, and it seems she usually gets a bad rap.
Gnome doors display citizens' love of whimsy and escapism | Carter's Community
The doors multiplied and appeared in all the parks and a few other public areas. They are now in residential areas. The phenomenon has been tracked on the Bonney Lake Gnomes Facebook page, created by Scott Anderson on April 6 and managed by myself, Scott and Tom.
What do marijuana and Initiative 502 mean to you?
Beginning May 1 and running through May 31, the Courier-Herald wants your input on Initiative 502 implementation in The Great Plateau Pot Survey. Data from the anonymous survey will be used in an upcoming series on the local aftermath of the law's passage.
Regulation awareness key to safe summers | Carter's Community
Did you ever use the boat launch at Allan Yorke Park and wonder why there is a palm tree and plaque there? The plaque says, “Your memory will never die. With love from survivors and friends.”
Accuracy trumps race to be first | Our Corner
Watching the coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing and subsequent search for the suspects, I can see why so many people in this country are increasingly skeptical of or frustrated with the national news media.
Marathon bombings illustrate how brutality objectifies | Rich Elfers' Politics in Focus
In 1915, during World War I, Imperial Germany made a fateful decision that has rippled down to us in the recent Boston Marathon bombings. Kaiser Wilhelm, in desperation over the British naval blockade of Germany, ordered a German U-boat to sink the British ocean liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland. Of the 1,119 passengers who died, 114 were Americans.
