a city on the edge
We live in a hardscrabble urban area of Cleveland, Ohio. And a couple days ago, I broke up a fight between a couple kids out in front of our local Rec. Center. Now kids fighting happens. But down … Continue reading →
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grassroots health care debate
On our last tour, we stopped in Lee, New Hampshire, where groups of Republicans and Democrats were demonstrating about health care reform on a public green there one morning. We stopped and talked to both sides. On the … Continue reading →
saving their (and our) ‘soles’
We’ve just made it back home to Cleveland, Ohio, for a pit stop and the next few entries will be catching up on some other highlights from this last tour… In Holden, New York, we talked with Jean Hach, who … Continue reading →
Norman Rockwell and the Retro Pop Shop
We were in Sockbridge, Massachussetts, over the weekend. Stockbridge is in the Berkshire Mountains and boasts being the home of the National Norman Rockwell Museum. At one point, I was in the Stockbridge City Building looking at some … Continue reading →
healthcare prevention, a protest and an ‘assassin’
Our tour up Route 1 continues… In Colonial Heights, Virginia, we talked with Ted Du Varney, 68, who has diabetes. (He actually looks like he’s in his early 50s.) He now charts everything he eats on a computerized … Continue reading →
global warming, wind and a parrot named “Kiwi”
We continue along our campaign tour of Rte. 1 on the east coast… I gave a talk at St. Ann’s Church in Colonial Heights, Virginia. I said our lifestyles in America are significantly fueling global warming. And as … Continue reading →
Softball with Iran?
Catching up on some of our recent backroads campaigning… Just outside Huntington, West Virginia, I interviewed Frank Holcomb from Point Pleasant in Mason County. He is a retired state trooper. Several years prior, he had answered a … Continue reading →
Green Party Convention
We headed into Durham, North Carolina, for the Green Party National Convention. The Green Party, in my estimation, is tremendously forward thinking on a good number of issues, including the environment. They are on the cutting edge, for … Continue reading →
whirlwind in Huntington, WV
We’ve stayed in Huntington, West Virginia (pop. 50,000) the last week amidst a whirlind of activity. I was interviewed by the online newspaper here and Channel 3 News did an interview during a whistle-stop event we held downtown. … Continue reading →
Kentucky ‘Hoosiers’ and Post Modernism
While in Ashland, Kentucky, we talked with Liz Trabandt, who is in the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame. She coached girls basketball at nearby Russell High School. A relatively small school, the girls basketball team … Continue reading →