We do make contributions from time to time to a number of peace and justice groups and environmental groups, and apparently some of them sell their lists of contributors because we frequently get calls from organizations we've never heard of, asking for contributions.

My response is that "We've completed our list of contributions for this fiscal period. Sorry." Their usual reaction is to reduce the amount they're asking for ("Even just twenty-five dollars would help."), to which I repeat my response in a somewhat sharper voice. This generally works.

Don Firth