The Japanese scramble to avert a complete meltdown at a nuclear facility today. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant melted down, spewing massive amounts of radiation throughout Russia and Europe. The Deep Water Horizon catastrophe spewed massive amounts of … Continue reading →
As the drama plays itself out with the Fukushima Nuclear Plant in Japan, it would seem an opportune time to reiterate our campaign’s stance on nuclear energy. It’s an ill-conceived energy solution and our administration would work to nix it. … Continue reading →
We’ve spent the winter volunteering at an outreach to the homeless in Atlanta. The last few days, Atlanta has experienced another cold snap and there has been a steady stream of people at our door for blankets, hats, gloves… … Continue reading →
I met with a group of Vanderbilt University students (and others) who were traveling from Tennessee to Tampa, Florida to stand in solidarity with farm workers protesting for better pay. The students are part of a Workers Dignity Project … Continue reading →
Liz and I gave a campaign talk at the Open Door Community in Atlanta today. The Open Door is an outreach to the homeless. We said that as a family over the years, we have regularly taken homeless … Continue reading →
We have been volunteering at the Open Door Community in urban Atlanta, Georgia, this winter. This is an outreach to the homeless on the streets of Atlanta. On Wednesday nights, there is a free Health Clinic staffed with … Continue reading →
We traveled to Reinhardt College in Waleska, Georgia, over the weekend to watch our daughter Sarah’s team win the State Finals for JV homeschooling basketball girls. After the game, I stopped in the college library where I read part … Continue reading →
According to Gwynne Dyer, author of the book Climate Wars, for each year we don’t “come up with an adequate climate deal (Copenhagen Accords was a bust),” it is probably costing somewhere on the order of 50 million premature deaths … Continue reading →
Hosni Mubarak has stepped down and the “Arab Revolution” gathers steam across the region. The Egyptian protesters, as with the protesters in Tunisia, had grown weary of entrenched regimes that shared the wealth with upper levels of society, while … Continue reading →
Despite all the complex financial hyperbole around the current recession, it’s actually fairly simple to understand at it’s roots… If you’ll allow me an ‘average Joe’ explanation: The U.S. is adrift in a sea of $35 trillion in … Continue reading →