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		<title>Ayn Rand, Narcissism and Democracy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Lohr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2023 04:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ayn Rand (Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum) was an influential fiction writer. Her best sellers were “The Fountainhead” (1943) and “Atlas Shrugged” (1957). She was a Russian who reacted to the crushing uniformity under communism in Russia. She also saw the same dangers in the right-wing fascism of Hitler’s Nazism in Germany. The protagonists in her novels [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Union Busting is Disgusting</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2022 04:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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	Union busting is not only disgusting, but also illegal. You have the right to organize in your workplace. Today several of us from the Marathon County Central Labor Council found ourselves at Starbucks in Plover. What brought us there was the illegal dismissal of a 21-year-old employee, Kolton. The reason for his termination was that [&#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>The art of never giving up</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Hascall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2022 06:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When you spend your life advocating for what&#8217;s right you often feel as though you are the lone candle in the midst of a hurricane. A single candle can be seen for miles. That doesn&#8217;t mean you shouldn&#8217;t go inside and put the candle in the window. &#8220;You should never give up&#8221; is a refrain [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The chaos of constant toxic competition must end</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[division]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divisiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal]]></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>Stop being so serious!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Hascall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A few days after this article is published I will turn 50. I understand how that is a big birthday for some people; I am not wasting my time on how “old” I am. Age is not a milestone I really care about, at least not to the level of finishing my Masters degree or [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A message from the editor</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 05:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In our last edition, I wrote a couple of stories that reflected my mood. Sometimes, with all of the wicked problems the world faces these days, it can just get to a person. The news is often depressing, but I felt more frustrated than anything because while wicked problems are tough to solve, so many [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump COVID: Get vaccinated</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 05:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What do I have in common with both Joe Biden and Donald Trump? All of us have been vaccinated against COVID-19! While refusal to get vaccinated is stupid, you don’t have to be a genius to get vaccinated, and you don’t have to be exceptionally fearless either. I realize that many people are afraid of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New regulations carry the promise of under-enforcement</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 05:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Image Source: Shutterstock Earlier this month, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled against the continuation of Governor Evers’ mask mandate. While this sounds like a big deal, many sheriff’s departments and police have refused to enforce the mandate the entire time it was in effect, therefore allowing people to go maskless in public unless a business [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Stepping back is hard to do</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Hascall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2021 05:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[When you decide to step away from something you feel is important, it is much like when you have a sudden onset disability. The change in your life is disruptive. You find yourself itching for the old routine and sometimes slip into autopilot even months after. This is normal. These routines have been reinforced through [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Learning to play as an adult</title>
		<link>https://middlewisconsin.org/learning-to-play-as-an-adult/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Yuki Vickers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 06:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s two in the morning and I’m still awake. Over the years, I’ve improved my insomnia by addressing my anxiety. I’ve approached it with everything (yoga, reiki, meditation, the Wim Hof method, somatic healing, diet, exercise, and of course, conventional therapy), but I still suffer from the occasional panic-filled sleepless night. Like everyone else, the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Grief, worry, hope, and kindness</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 06:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“And I hate to say it, but the way it seems is that no one is fine. Take the time to peel a few layers and you will find true sadness.” &#8211; The Avett Brothers, True Sadness At the end of January, Will and I suffered the loss of a beloved pet. After talking with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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