5/6/06
I was just contacted by a reporter who was doing a story on Commencement addresses and she wondered if I was giving one somewhere this spring. I had to tell her that, allowing for a last minute call from Yale, … Continue reading →
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5/5/06
I told the Messenger newspaper in Adams County, Ohio, that ours could definitely be considered a “Retro Campaign.” That is, we’d like to see a return to the days when all a parent had to worry about when the child … Continue reading →
5/4/06
Yesterday around the country we found out which politicians won or lost, and which issues and levies passed, or didn’t pass. A thought about local school levies: Say one didn’t pass in a particular region. What would keep people who … Continue reading →
5/3/06
I stumped with a rather large table of “regulars” at the Village Inn Restaurant in Peebles, Ohio (pop. 1,739), today. At one point, I passed out our new campaign flyers to everyone at the table. The flyer quotes reporter Jim … Continue reading →
5/2/06
Yesterday was National Loyalty Day. I didn’t know there was one either, until I was contacted by national columnist Dru Sefton last month. (It’s actually been celebrated — a small town in New York even has an annual parade and … Continue reading →
5/1/06
We crossed the Ohio River into the state of Ohio at Cincinnati yesterday. And the “Buckeye Backroads Tour” begins… Incidentally, we’re planning on winning Ohio this time… At Guardian Angels Church in Cincinnati, a priest said that with artificial contraception … Continue reading →
4/25/ thru 4/29/06
I gave a talk yesterday (link to copy of speech) to a full school assembly (including some adults) at St. Mary’s Church in Jackson, Tennessee (pop. 40,000). I had our Sarah, 10, and Joseph, 8, stand by my side. I … Continue reading →
4/24/06
We drove into Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where we met with Robert Waldrop, a quintessential ‘extra-mile American,’ if there ever was one. Some seven years ago he started the Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House out of his modest, one-story home on … Continue reading →
4/22 and 4/23/06
Hwy 40 Tour continued… I gave a talk at a Firefighters Appreciation picnic in Alanreed, Texas, on Saturday. During the talk, I read an excerpt from our Back Road to the White House 2 book (in progress). The excerpt talked … Continue reading →
4/18/ thru 4/21
Campaign trail week in review… We continue to follow Rte 40 east toward the coast. Rte. 40 parallels Old Rte. 66 through the section we’re currently on. And last Saturday at Holbrook, Arizona, I stopped at Joe and Aggie’s Cafe … Continue reading →