I stumped at Donut Land in Brunswick, Ohio, yesterday. Brunswick’s Louann Keith noted that youth today are tremendously over-stimulated with cable television, with computer games… She said that growing up it wasn’t unusual for her and her friends to … Continue reading →
On a campaign stop in Brecksville, Ohio, over the weekend, I talked with Rosemary and Norman Hannibal. Each year Norman celebrates his Birthday, as well as his: ‘Lifeday.’ Norman, who is extremely Pro-Life, said nine months before his … Continue reading →
Due to a computer glitch, we have lost the past four months of campaign entries on this blog. Undaunted (sort of), we continue to press on…
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Continue reading →I just wrote a letter-to-the-editor of our diocesan Catholic newspaper in Cleveland. It follows: Should the social justice onus for not having a higher minimum wage in America simply be on legislators, or should we all share the blame? In … Continue reading →
I’ve spent part of the week painting the porch of a young couple’s place in Cleveland. In their bathroom is a daily calender with thoughts from around the world. The June 27th entry was a Ugandan proverb: “Before you throw … Continue reading →
For prayer time yesterday, I read the family part of a front page NY Times article about the desperate conditions in the Congo. According to the article, in less than a decade more than 400 million people have died there. … Continue reading →
I’m coaching an inner city Little League baseball team this summer. After our practice last night, I gathered the youth together and told them I expected them to practice some more between now and the first game. One boy, from … Continue reading →
I’m just finishing the update on our position paper on “the Environment.” In it I mention meeting with David Orr, one of the top environmentalists in the country and the head of Oberlin College’s Environmental Science Department. He told me … Continue reading →
The Cleveland Plain Dealer Religion section ran a story about Northeast Ohio’s Catholic Youth Organization (CYO). They referred to the CYO sports league of some 11,000 4th to 8th graders as a landmark program that puts Catholic (id, post_author, post_date, … Continue reading →