Yesterday I interviewed Michael Vollmer, who is the director of the Newman Center on the campus of Northern Arizona State University. Last year the Newman Center, which is a Catholic ministry, set up a “Hunger Banquet” to demonstrate to students … Continue reading
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I was interviewed by the Kingman (AZ) Daily Miner newspaper today. In relation to Hispanic immigration, I said this is a tremendous spiritual opportunity for us to help some 12 million people by not only offering amnesty, but doing everything … Continue reading
We stopped at Holy Resurrection, a Byzantine Catholic Monastery out in the desert in Newberry Springs, California. After attending early evening prayers with the Fathers here, we were invited to dinner. It was a simple fare of spinach sandwhiches, salad … Continue reading
I interviewed Ann Karp who is a Koinonia Farm (Americus, Georgia) community member and graduate of Ohio’s Oberlin College, class of 2001. She said at Oberlin, there were a good number of co-ops. There were bicycle co-ops, pottery co-ops, photography … Continue reading
America has just sent a $700 million space probe on a 3 billion-mile journey to Pluto, according to a Jan. 20, 2006 edition of USA Today. In the same edition was a story about a fight among nomads in Kenya … Continue reading
I interviewed Felix Lohitai who was at Koinonia Farm in Americus, Georgia, to look at part of the history of the American Civil Rights Movement. Lohitai is in the Peace Studies Program at Manchester College in Indiana. (Koinonia was at … Continue reading
Interviewed Ofosu Amponsah as part of my position paper research on the economy. Mr. Amponsah, who is from Ghana, West Africa, teaches economics at the Bryant-Stratton College in the Cleveland area. He said to establish true “competitive markets” based on … Continue reading
Last night we took the kids to a town park in West Mansfield, Ohio. In the park is a restored “Flatwoods Schoolhouse.” An historical plaque here says descendents of slaves who may have eached Ohio through the Underground RR formed … Continue reading
A recent front page article in The New York Times described the current famine in the country of Niger. Because of drought last year in this country, the second poorest country in the world, one in five young children are … Continue reading
Traveled to Mandan, North Dakota where we met with Mike Liffrig, who was the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate here in Campaign 2004, and his wife Julie. Although Mr. Liffrig lost, I was tremendously impressed with he and his wife’s … Continue reading