We’re currently volunteering at the Open Door Community in Atlanta, while looking at urban poverty issues. The Open Door is an outreach to the homeless that includes some beds, meals, showers… The Open Door also has a health clinic … Continue reading →
The national debt is now $13.7 trillion. The interest on it is approximately $387 billion, a day. The package that was just tentatively approved in D.C. will cost about $900 billion more over the next two years … Continue reading →
The Oct. 23 edition of Science Magazine noted that Germany is experimenting with a new type of traffic light system. Sensors are placed in approaches to traffic lights (from both sides). The light then responds, not automatically like … Continue reading →
We’ve stopped at the Open Door Community in Atlanta. This is a Catholic Worker House that does outreach to the homeless. Liz and I will be on staff here for several months, while also looking at urban … Continue reading →
After Belmont Abbey College, we headed out of North Carolina, through the northwest tip of South Carolina and crossed the border into Georgia at Lavonia (pop. 1,845). And all (well, most ) of the 1,845 residents were on the … Continue reading →
We headed south through North Carolina on Rte. 77, stopping in Statesville, Mooresville, Huntersville and Charlotte. We then started to head southwest, stopping in Belmont, North Carolina. Belmont is the home of Belmont Abbey College. The kids … Continue reading →
Still in Mt Airy, North Carolina (aka Mayberry ): The boys and I walked about downtown here looking at Andy Griffith Show memorabilia and passing out campaign cards. We came across three older women gathered around a park … Continue reading →
We finished our Virginia Commonwealth Tour and headed into North Carolina. First stop: “America’s hometown.” Or, well, that’s how it’s billed in Mount Airy, North Carolina. This is the small town where Andy Griffith grew … Continue reading →
We headed further south through Virginia on I-81, stopping at the Radford Rest Area. I love rest areas. I must have passed out campaign cards to people from at least 10 different states. At one point in … Continue reading →
Our Virginia Common Wealth Tour continues… We headed out of Verona and on to rural Buchanan, Virginia. We stopped at the Buchanan Quick Stop (that didn’t seem all that quick ). A slow country music song … Continue reading →