Monthly Archives: July 2007

Victims of Oil

7/26/2007 – 10:24 am

The shop around the corner raised the price of sandwiches by a quarter this week. Although the housing meltdown is raising concerns that it may take the whole American economy down with it, prices are going up and the reason is the cost of oil.
Oil, and therefore gas, prices remain at near-record levels. [...]

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It’s Not The Draft

7/19/2007 – 4:21 pm

Can you stand one further Iraq-Vietnam comparison?  They’re tiring, I know, but Iraq is tiring, Vietnam was tiring – exhausting.  The comparisons keep returning to mind perhaps because I keep trying to make sense of Iraq and there’s no sense to be made, just as there was none in Vietnam.  This comparison isn’t about Iraq [...]

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We Laughed At The Time

7/12/2007 – 11:18 am

After cool and dry weather in May and June, the first two weeks of July have been hot and wet in Northwest Vermont.  Frequent thunderstorms send groundstrokes of lightning across Burlington and the keen of sirens can be heard through the open windows.
The sirens always make my stomach tense.  I’m immediately distracted, irritated, unable to [...]

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Trouble in the Colonies

7/5/2007 – 11:53 am

The Fourth of July was cool and rainy in Vermont, as it seems to be with surprising regularity. I suppose that’s why my town sets off its fireworks on the evening of July 3rd, which was perfect for pyrotechnics this year.
Fireworks finished, I had all day Wednesday to contemplate this year’s version of American [...]

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