During a tour last week, I gave a “Politics in the Backyard” talk in Stuebenville, Ohio. Prior to the talk, a couple friends of ours, Sadi and Abi Hoyt from Scio, Ohio, played classical harp. It sounded like … Continue reading
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Buckeye Back Road Tour cont.: We stumped at the Steel Trolley Diner in Lisbon where a man from East Palestine, Ohio, told me he was out of work for a year (actively looking the whole time) when he finally … Continue reading
Buckeye Back Roads Tour cont.: I gave a talk at St. George Church in Lisbon, Ohio, yesterday. I said the rising price of wheat, rice, etc., is devastating to many in the Third World. A NY Times article (mentioned … Continue reading
Buckeye Back Roads Tour: We’ve been buzzing (‘Buckeye buzzing,’ if you will — sorry)around the state this last month. The following are some more vignettes from the road: In Plain City, Ohio, I put up a black … Continue reading
Buckeye Back Road Tour: We headed northeast into Lancaster, Ohio, where Fr. Peter Gideon at St. Mark’s here said during a Sunday sermon that studies show the average American eats a hefty 1,775 pounds of food a year. I couldn’t … Continue reading
Our family saw the showing of a documentary on Catholic Worker co-founder Dorothy Day the other night at St. Augustine’s Church in Cleveland. Before it started, someone passed out copies of the magazine: Alternatives for Simple Living. … Continue reading
We are now heading diagonally back to Ohio on Hwy 80. I was interviewed by Chris Marcheso of the Fort Morgan (CO) Times yesterday. I told him that a big part of the reason Third World poverty exists is because … Continue reading
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We met with Fr. Gerard Leclerc in Vergennes, Vermont today. Fr. Leclerc was a priest in Bolivia for 20 years and said except for Haiti, Bolivia is, peerhpas, the poorest country in the world. His parish was on the Alti … Continue reading
In Decature, Indiana (pop. 9,000) we met with Judge Jim Heimann and his family. Judge Heimann has been on the bench the pat 14 years here, having run for office twice, literally. He said during his campaigns he has knocked … Continue reading
Where’s Joe? – Check back regularly to find out “Where’s Joe?” today. The following is a recap of his most recent campaign tour. ——————————————————————– Joe has recently completed a 10-state, 3,600 mile campaign swing – bringing his Campaign 2004 mileage … Continue reading