The last few days I’ve been going about Bluffton, Ohio (pop. 3,875), putting our new flier up on various bulletin boards (coffee shop, laundromat…). And we’re asking our supporters to do the same in their towns, counties, etc. Amidst the … Continue reading →
I was going over some Earth Science homework with my daughter Sarah yesterday. The subject this assignment was about the natural formations of rocks, which have all kinds of intricate dynamics and take extremely long periods of time. As coincidence … Continue reading →
This week I’ve been in touch with a representative from one of America’s newest political Parties, the Christian Democratic Party. Headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia, their literature explains that: “Chrisitan democracy” is a political ideology that seeks to apply Christian principles … Continue reading →
I’ve been doing research this week on the Unincorporated Territories, and former Unincorporated Territories, of the U.S. One of the former ones is the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. From 1946 to 1958, the U.S. conducted 67 nuclear detonations. The … Continue reading →
During the Republican presidential debate last night, there was talk of positions toward Cuba. Cuba currently remains closed to American investments as a result of a 50 year travel and trade embargo. The Obama administration, like administrations before, have chastised … Continue reading →
I’ve been hobbling around town the last few days with a torn calf muscle. (Whenever I put on my basketball shoes, I think I’m 18-years-old again.) I’ve used the time to do some more research for the National Debates (call … Continue reading →
Liz and I attended our kids’ Homeschool Basketball League games last night in Harrod, Ohio. Both Sarah and Joseph’s games were quite spirited. Afterward one of the other parents approached me and wanted to talk politics out in the hall. He said … Continue reading →
I talked with Matt Arnold today. He and his family were missionaries in Chihua Chihua, Mexico, for 17 years. They worked with indigenous people in the rural areas there. He said it’s not “African poverty,” but the poverty there is … Continue reading →
For Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I watched the movie The Great Debaters with our children. It’s about the debate team at Texas’s Wily College in the 1930s in a segregated South. Based on a true story, this Black debate … Continue reading →
We drove to Cleveland this week from Northwest, Ohio. On the way in, I put up campaign literature on bulletin boards in Fairview Park, Ohio, and Vermilion, Ohio. (Our answer to the big money campaigns.) I was traveling with the … Continue reading →