While driving back up to Cleveland today on I-71, we stopped for gas near Lodi, Ohio. After fueling, our campaign vehicle (emblazoned with Vote Joe for President signage) wouldn’t start. It was the battery. I took out … Continue reading
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We’re currently working on a farm in mid-Ohio and doing research on sustainable agriculture. Last night I was using an old-fashion scythe to cut some high grass. It worked fine, I got some good exercise and the planet … Continue reading
A couple weeks back I was at Cleveland’s City Hall Building and saw a “Cleveland Hall of Fame Wall” that displays portraits of Clevelanders who somehow made their mark on the world. For instance, Clevelander Garrett Morgan invented the … Continue reading
It’s Earth Day. At the Recreation Center I took our kids to in Cleveland today, there were a series of “Think Green” factoids posted all over. One said that in a year we now use so many aluminum … Continue reading
The economy. It appears to be going in the tank. People are pointing fingers at Wall Street, at banking institutions, at over extended consumers… Yet is there, perhaps, a base moral component many of us are simply … Continue reading
The March 2009 edition of National Geographic had a piece about saving energy in the face of advancing global warming. It was noted that Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and … Continue reading
The New York Times today carried a front page article about Sacramento, California’s non-profit Municipal Utility that has come up with a creative strategy to get people to use less energy. On their monthly bills, the Utility include … Continue reading
I was on the St. Ignatius High School campus this morning and talked with youth minister Augi Pacetti. He said this week that some of the students were doing “The Great Garbage Challenge.” For five days, students … Continue reading
Buckeye Back Road Tour cont.: I gave a talk to a Political Analysis Class at Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, today. I turned it into a “town hall” style meeting and asked the students what some … Continue reading
Buckeye Back Road Tour cont.: We’re back in Cleveland for our final pit-stop of Campaign 2008. We are now at the 83,000 mile mark of campaigning over the past three election cycles, including two solid years of campaigning … Continue reading