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Originally written in the late 1990’s for a “Popular Culture” Anthropology class. In her book Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature, Janice A.…
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Originally written in the early 1990’s for an absolutely amazing class on the bible as history and literature. My later notes, to clarify the paper,…
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I’ve changed somewhat in the handful of years since I wrote the Firestarter titled “What is Friendship?” I like to think my opinions have grown…
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Originally posted October 2003 I ask this question because I’ve always had fairly strong ideas about “real” friendship, as opposed to simple acquaintanceship. To me…
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by Dan Brown 1 June 2006 book review by Collie Collier Credits: For Greg, because he gave me my first ever specifically-requested book review. Woohoo,…
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May 2006 Firestarter column by Collie Collier Short answer: acts which deliberately inflict pain and damage, in an effort to denigrate human dignity, are wrong.…
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