We’ve headed into Nebraska where I was interviewed by the Ogallalla newspaper. (I practiced pronouncing the name more than a few times before we got to the town, so I didn’t lose any votes.) During the interview, I told the … Continue reading →
An article ran in Sterling, Colorado’s Journal Advocate yesterday about the campaign. It noted that I said to curb greenhouse gas pollution, we need to cut back on consumer purchases. That is, so much energy is used to manufacture products. … Continue reading →
We are now heading diagonally back to Ohio on Hwy 80. I was interviewed by Chris Marcheso of the Fort Morgan (CO) Times yesterday. I told him that a big part of the reason Third World poverty exists is because … Continue reading →
We have finished Rte. 160 in southern Colorado and are heading north. In Pueblo, Colorado, I interviewed a woman whose husband had died two years ago of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (a form of cancer). He had been a “missilier.” That is, … Continue reading →
A few weeks back, I got a case of minor heat stroke and dehydration. In addition, I picked up the flu — as we were going through the desert in Nevada. We don’t use air conditioning in the campaign vehicle, … Continue reading →
While in Alamosa, Colorado, I also met with Brian Benke. He participates in a Community Sponsored Agriculture project here in connection with El Sagrado Farms. People in the area buy “shares” at the beginning of the season ($450 a share). … Continue reading →
A front page story ran in Colorado’s Valley Courier newspaper yesterday about the campaign. The story noted we had moved to the inner city of Cleveland to live side-by-side with the poor in order to be of better help… The … Continue reading →
We went through Wolf Creek Pass (almost 11,000 ft) on Rte 160 in the Rockies today. (Our motor home wasn’t exactly doing top speeds as we approached the summit. Actually, I had everyone leaning forward, and praying.) Down the other … Continue reading →
We headed further east on Rte. 106 into Pagosa Springs, Colorado, where Fr. Pedro at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church said a college friend’s uncle had a lucrative law practice until 1973, the year abortion was legalized in America. Immediately … Continue reading →
In Durango, Colorado, I met with Kathy Darnell who had just returned from a humanitarian aid mission to Uganda. She said the poverty there is unlike almost any form of poverty we have in the U.S. For instance, in the … Continue reading →