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Mary E. DeJonge-Benishek

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One December Day

One December day when I was a fourth grade student in a fundamentalist, Reformed Christian day school in the 1970s, my teacher suggested that on

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Tolerance Has Got to Go

A front-page article in USA Today recently highlighted cities around the U.S. who are posting “Welcome. We are building an inclusive community” signs at their

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Peace, Poverty, Shopping, and AIDS

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2006 has been awarded to Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank. Yunus and the Grameen (literally “rural”) Bank started the

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Waiting for Jack Bauer

My latest dirty little secret: I’m addicted to 24, the FOX Network’s hit show featuring Special Agent Jack Bauer of the fictional Los A ngeles

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