Month July 2003

The Cost of War “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” President Dwight…

CheeseNet According to this informative, fascinating site, Brie is the Queen of Cheeses, and Roquefort is the King.  

115 in Baghdad Weather.com says it will be 115 in Baghdad for at least the next week. Large parts of the city still have intermittent electricity and water. People are forced to sleep on roofs to escape the heat. US…

Davis recall proponents say they have enough signatures What’s more, they claim “enough signatures to put the issue of recalling the Democratic governor on the ballot in November“, bad news for Gov. Gray Davis A November recall election, rather than…

Collapsing milk prices Milk prices are at historic lows in Vermont and are staying there. Many Vermont dairy farms are shutting down. As many as 200 could close this year. Some family friends run a diary farm in Vermont. We’ve…