Haiti
Haiti… Before the earthquake, Haiti was the second poorest country in the world. To quell persistent, acute hunger pains, a significant number of people there were eating patties made of mud, oil and flour. While this was … Continue reading →
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Over populated?
I just read that if every person on earth was positioned side-by-side, they could all fit: on the island of Jamaica. Over populated? We have traveled the “back roads of America” for many years now looking for … Continue reading →
hallmarks of a human being…
I’m just in the process of preparing a talk I’ll be giving at Notre Dame University toward the end of the month. I hold to a Consistent Life Ethic that sets me against poverty, pollution, abortion, euthanasia… and anything … Continue reading →
‘Fly me to the moon?’
Under the Obama administration, NASA continues on. The latest is an Aires I series of spacecraft to take man back to the moon. All the brightest and creative engineering minds out of Harvard, Yale, MIT, have combined on … Continue reading →
global warming, and hats
All eyes are on Copenhagen as the final days of the global warming summit heats up (avg. Joe pun). Kidding aside… It’s my bet the world leaders at the summit will be sitting in quite comfortable temperatures in their … Continue reading →
gangs and armed robbery
I went to a Catholic Worker social event Saturday night. Sitting next to me was a man I hadn’t seen before. I asked him where he was from. He said he’d just gotten out of prison, for … Continue reading →
“Where are the voices of reason?”
I recently talked with Ken Peters in South Bend, Indiana. He was stationed at Alamagordo Air Force Base in New Mexico next to White Sands — during the time the first atom bomb was tested. Since then, the … Continue reading →
Economy of Communion
In the last blog entry, I wrote about part of The New Economy we propose. The essence revolves around a much more simplified, small-scale humanitarian approach. Today I met with Professor Mike Griffin from Holy Cross College in … Continue reading →
reboot the economy
For the last week, I’ve been somewhat cloistered working on a significant update to our position paper on the economy. One of the resources I draw from is an article that appeared in Yes! Magazine. Author David Kroten writes … Continue reading →
Arctic ice melts at an alarming rate
An Associated Press article today said that permanent Arctic sea ice is disappearing at an alarming rate. Multi-year sea ice used to cover 90% of the Arctic basin, but because of global warming it now covers only 19%. … Continue reading →