"To serve the 250 grams of beluga caviar it sells for $139, [Neiman Marcus] offers a $1,500...silver-plated bowl ‘supported,' according to the catalog, ‘by a base of graceful sturgeons.'" —The New York Times, 11/26/00
"We have nothing for next week. Our cupboards are bare."—Asst. Pastor Jerry Gunn of L.A.'s Christian Life Fellowship, regarding the nationwide drop in food bank donations. —The New York Times, same day

This appears in the January-February 2001 issue of Sojourners
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