This weeks recipe from the Duchess is one I snatched off of a Vegan website. Made it a few times and even brought it to a party earlier this month. Easy to make and very tasty. Give it a try..........

GRAPE NUTS BARS
Ingredients:
4 cups Grape Nuts cereal
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup tahini
1 cup maple syrup
wheat germ (optional)
Directions:
Mix together the peanut butter and tahini until well blended in a sauce pan on stove [low heat]. Add the maple syrup and heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Add the Grape Nuts and mix thoroughly. Spread evenly in a lightly oiled 13" x 9" pan. Sprinkle wheat germ on top if desired. Chill in refrigerator until firm and cut into bars.
Variation: Instead of the tahini, use another 1/2 cup peanut butter. I probably would've done this myself, but I had some tahini that I wanted to use up. :-)

Statistics Lie On The True Cost Of Living
BOSTON GLOBE
by Robert Kuttner
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0317-04.htm

Debasing Democracy
THE PROGRESS REPORT
by D.Sirota & C.Harvey
http://alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=18151

Farewell To The Sixties
ALTERNET
by Bill Moyers
http://alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=18146

Europe & The US Are Now Adrift
THE GUARDIAN UK
by Martin Jacques
Spain confirms the huge impact the Iraq War has had on our World.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0317-09.htm

Death Of A Patriot - No More 'Blind Faith Voting'
FREE PRESS
by Bob Fitrakis
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0318-02.htm

Out With The Old
THE GUARDIAN UK
by Matthew Wells
After the 2000 Florida fiasco, the retired Jewish community in West Palm Beach are in no mood for the possible re-election of George Bush. "We were really angry in 2000, but we feel worse now. I'd vote for Mickey Mouse if he was running against George Bush, anyone, but Bush," says May Duke, who is sitting with her husband Sam, in their home of their mutual friend Sam Oser.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/031804J.shtml

Welcome To The Titanic
THE GUARDIAN UK
by Timothy Garton Ash
The West is Falling Apart After Europe's 9/11, Just as it did after America's
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0318-06.htm

Latest News From MoveOn.Org

A year ago today, the Bush Administration was making its final push toward war in Iraq. We know now that much of what we were told about the threat that Iraq posed was untrue. And rather than own up to their distortion of the facts, Bush administration officials are denying they ever said such things. But this Sunday, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld got caught blatantly contradicting his past statements, and we have the video clip. You can check it out at:
http://www.moveon.org/censure/caughtonvideo/

Congress' responsibility is to hold President Bush and his administration accountable for this pattern of deception -- that's why we have the Constitution. But instead, Congress today will debate a resolution congratulating Bush, for (they claim) making the world safer. [Duchess Note: Apparently most of Congress is f--king nuts & totally living in La-la land!] We must demand, at a minimum, that Congress censure the President. It's our Representatives' duty to formally reprimand him for misleading us. And we've got to demand it today, while they're debating their anniversary resolution. Please call your NY Representative now, at:

Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez
DC Phone: 202-225-2361

Make it clear that you are a constituent, then let the staffers know you expect nothing less than Censure.