We stopped in Portland, Indiana yesterday where I met with Patty Johnston, Director of the Pregnancy Care Center here — what a dynamo! The center, which is an ecumenical outreach, provides free pregnancy tests; clothing, food, milk, diapers… for moms … 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 →
I was interviewed by the South Bend (Indiana) Tribune. When the editor heard about all our traveling, he said it had always been his dream (in a “Blue Highways” sense) to extensively travel the country. “Although I don’t know if … Continue reading →
The family and I went to Mass at St. Augustine Catholic Church yesterday. The priest said in the old days if a prophet brought a hard message, there was a “shoot the messenger” mentality. However today, the priest said we … Continue reading →
We are in South Bend, Indiana, at the Catholic Worker House here. Actually, this is a cluster of homes where the homeless and others down on their luck are taken in. Run totally on donations, the Catholic worker volunteers here … Continue reading →
Driving out of Illinois Friday evening heading toward our next tour route, we got suck in quite a traffic jam as people from Chicago were heading out for the Labor Day Weekend. My wife Liz said in the face of … Continue reading →
An article about our campaign ran today in The Dispatch, which covers a good deal of northwestern Illinois. In the article, I said that if I was president now I would take several hurricane displaced families into the White House. … 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 →
The following is some other highlights from our week in Nebraska… We took the kids to an old Pony Express Station in Gothenburg. The Pony Express was put out of business by: the telegraph. And now it’s: Instant Messaging. When’s … Continue reading →
We headed further east this week on Rte. 80, stopping in North Platte, Nebraska — home of the “Buffalo Bill Museum.” How Bill Cody got the name “Buffalo Bill” is by killing more than 4,000 buffalo during an eight month … Continue reading →