We continue on in the Amarillo area… We went to an Amarillo Dillas (short for Armadillas) baseball game with the kids. (The “Dillas” play in a semi-pro independent league.) It was a full-house with some 7,500 fans. … Continue reading →
We keep traveling north for our Deep in the Heart of Texas Tour… I was interviewed by the Plainview Herald newspaper. Reporter Haley Anderson asked me about the astronomical national debt. I said I gave a talk … Continue reading →
In Lubbock, Texas, my wife Liz interviewed Alice Mata for a book she is working on about women around the country. Alice is the mother of five young children and came from a family of 20 children. She … Continue reading →
While in Abilene, I was interviewed by Bob Bartlett at NBC News here. Then we traveled to Sweetwater, Texas, where I passed out fliers downtown and was interviewed by the Sweetwater Reporter newspaper. The previous Sunday, the … Continue reading →
The next day in Stephenville, a front page story about the campaign ran. The headline: “Will The Next President Be An Average Joe?” Paula Kinsel and Kim Sykes would like to think so. After seeing the article, they invited us … Continue reading →
From Meridian, we started to mosey (Texas term for traveled slowly) further northwest to Hico, Texas. The “purported” home of the legendary “Billy the Kid.” There we visited (Where else?) the Billy the Kid Museum, complete with a … Continue reading →
We headed further northwest, stopping in Meridian, Texas. The newspaper here carried a story about a local author who had just published the book Eyes in the Alley, about growing up in Texas during the Great Depression. While … Continue reading →
I met with Baylor University professor Tyler Horner again. He said adolescents today are flooded with choices around computer technology, television choices, other entertainment options… And in all this they have the luxury of (and time for) tremendously self-focused … Continue reading →
In Waco, Texas, I gave a talk at St. Jerome’s Church. I said that we so often get puffed up with patriotism here; but Mother Theresa once said America was the most spiritually poor country she’d ever visited. A … Continue reading →
From Serenity Pond, we headed north last week on Rte 6, the Texas-Brazo Trail. Our first stop was in Hearne (the “Sunflower Capitol of Texas”), where I passed out fliers and did an interview with the Hearne Democrat … Continue reading →