2/18/09

President Obama was in Arizona yesterday announcing his new plan to curb home foreclosures.   He said there are currently some 6 million homes in foreclosure or at risk of foreclosure.   (Many of these are your average size, or … Continue reading

1/9/09

We’re back in Cleveland for part of the winter and Liz and I coached in an indoor soccer league at the neighborhood Rec. Center.   The kids, as usual, were spirited, competetive and several of them we’re awful   good … Continue reading

3/10/08

We live in the inner city of Cleveland (intentionally) and volunteer at a Catholic Worker outreach to the poor here.   Today we learned one of the homeless  men who goes to the outreach froze to death over the weekend. … Continue reading

2/25/08

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

9/13/07

average JoeOhio Tour cont.:   I traveled into Findaly, Ohio, where our campaign was recently featured in the Findlay Courier newspaper.   Our campaign vehicle’s horn had gone on the blink recently, and Carl Stein of Traucht Electric here fixed … Continue reading