Spent the week updating more of the position papers [see: “Life Issues”], readying for our next tour, and preparing for a talk I gave tonight at Cleveland’s Whitman House. The monthly event is called: “Soup and Substance.” And tonight I … Continue reading
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I have spent the last few days updating our position paper on: crime. It contains a tremendous amount of research per:, not only creative crime prevention programs, but precipitating factors that lead to crime: alcohol and drug addiction, poverty in … Continue reading
We traveled south to Seville, Ohio where we stopped to have breakfast at the American Heritage Restaurant. The walls were a cornucopia of, well, American Heritage. There was a picture of a 1932 Plymouth convertible Coupe, price: $595. That’s right, … Continue reading
Talked with Paul Weaver, a visiting professor at Bluffton College in Bluffton, Ohio. He is from Worthington, Minnesota and recently coordinated the establishment of a bi-lingual, elementary school there. The school is a mix of Hispanics and Whites, with a … Continue reading
I was interviewed by columnist Frank Grey of the Ft. Wayne, Indiana Journal Gazette yesterday. He asked a series of rather probing questions about my platform, then he asked: “How have you changed since you started running for president?” It … Continue reading
We’ve headed into Iowa, where we stopped in Newton. There I interviewed Fr. Ernie Braida who has helped coordinate a Sister Church program with a church in El Salvador. He said they regularly send parishioners (including medical personnel) to help … Continue reading
In the last few days… I was on WPVL radio in Platteville, Wisconsin, where I said our campaign was somewhat “retro.” That is, we’d like to see a time again when the streets were safe for kids, media was a … Continue reading
Met with Bill Merriman, who is a deacon at St. Patrick’s Church on the near west side of Cleveland. He has been a lynchpin in helping refugees transition into Cleveland. The most recent arrivals to the city’s near west side … Continue reading
Our family joined a group of some 50 Catholic Workers (and others) today on a damp, cold, two and a half hour Good Friday “Way of the Cross” walk through downtown Clevleland. The Stations of the Cross were matched against … Continue reading
The front page headline today on a Cleveland Plain Dealer story about the teen school shooting on the Indian Reservation in Bemidji, MN read: What Drove Teen Killer? I have some thoughts: America committed genocide on the Native Americans, then … Continue reading