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		<title>An Open Letter to My Former Gynecologist</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 04:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was a patient of yours. Maybe you remember me. I was in my teens and twenties when you were my doctor. I had Endometriosis and was seeking a hysterectomy or endometrial ablation, either of which would have left me unable to have a child. That was no big deal to me, but it was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Right Wing Think Tanks Are Who Is Really Behind Bias Reporting On College Campuses</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 04:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Free speech on college campuses is being stifled, however the push to limit free speech was not started by some woke left wing mob. Oh no. It was started by a right wing organization that calls itself Students For Academic Freedom, which is a bit of a misnomer because their key goal is to strip academic freedom from [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>An open letter to the Wisconsin Legislature: We need to keep guns out of the hands of abusers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2022 04:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear Legislators; A recent case that went before the State Supreme Court has shed some light on a troubling fact: Wisconsin has no laws prohibiting the possession or purchase of firearms by people who have committed violent misdemeanors. Daniel Doubek, a man who threatened the life of his estranged wife, is now allowed to obtain a concealed [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Food equity starts with farmers markets</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 06:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[share]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snap]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Did you know that many farmers markets around the state accept FoodShare? FoodShare, also known as SNAP, EBT, Quest card, and formerly known as Food Stamps, is one of the most effective government programs for lifting people out of poverty. Having area farmers markets process FoodShare helps low income Wisconsinites access healthy foods, and it helps out [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Being anti-science does not mean someone cares about animals</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 06:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For those who have followed my writing, you may remember when I spoke of the futility of writing letters to Ron Johnson. The man does not listen to his constituents, and responds to letters in a demeaning way that evades the issues. One issue I wrote to him about several years ago was inhumane and unnecessary [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Election coverage: One Thing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 11:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Middle Wisconsin functions as a news magazine type of blog. Most of what is published here are opinion pieces written by people who reside (mostly) in Central Wisconsin who tend to have either a centrist or left-of-center point of view. That said, MW does not function as a primary news source, but that does not [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Reflecting on the importance of voting rights on this MLK Day</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a national day of service. I would just like to say that every Election Day should be a day of service as well because the easiest way you can serve your country, state and municipality is to vote. I used to say that voting is the least you can [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>On the very triggering, but oh so important topic of diet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2022 06:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As we begin the year of 2022, many of us will make resolutions. One of the most popular resolutions is to start a new diet, or if you prefer, a new way of life that is meant to be more of a commitment than just a diet alone. Often the goal is weight loss or [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Stop shedding crocodile tears over the death of BBB</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 07:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[back]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This may be the most controversial article I ever write, knowing the readership of Middle Wisconsin. In a move that should surprise no one, Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) refused to go along with the proposed $2 trillion Build Back Better (BBB) bill, and while I am not happy about how this undercuts President Biden’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The chaos of constant toxic competition must end</title>
		<link>https://middlewisconsin.org/the-chaos-of-constant-toxic-competition-must-end/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[division]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divisiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[preservation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wokeness. Victimhood. Morality. These are not the problems until we make them the problem. The problem in this era where connection is often defined by massive multi-player games and social media is the addiction to one upmanship. Literary theorist Kenneth Burke defined humankind this way: “Man is the symbol-using (symbol-making, symbol-misusing) animal, inventor of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What I am thankful for</title>
		<link>https://middlewisconsin.org/what-i-am-thankful-for/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[illness]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is the time of year when families gather and give thanks for the blessings in their life. After receiving the news that my surgery was successful in removing all of the cancer, I can say that I have so much to be thankful for! I have spent much of this past year visiting Marshfield [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Taking none for the team</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chronic]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[What is a strong immune system, and what is healthy? These are questions that many people believe they can answer even if they haven’t a clue. People like myself who have an autoimmune disease have some of the strongest immune systems, but it does not make us healthy. Our immune systems are so strong that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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