2/4/09
Just finished an article about “Hip Hop” music. It ran in National Geographic. Writer James McBride categorizes some of Hip Hop as “social commentary.” And he went to Dakar, Senegal, to search for the African roots of … Continue reading →
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2/3/09
Went to a “Transition Town” meeting in Ohio City here last night. Transition Town is a worldwide movement of people trying to move their towns toward a ‘fossel fuel free’ environment. The people at last night’s meeting would … Continue reading →
1/31/09
The New York Times today carried a front page article about Sacramento, California’s non-profit Municipal Utility that has come up with a creative strategy to get people to use less energy. On their monthly bills, the Utility include … Continue reading →
1/30/09
I mentioned at the beginning of this week that I talked with Augi Pacetti who is a youth minister at St. Ignatius High School here in Cleveland. Several of his students and another teacher have been doing The Great … Continue reading →
1/28/09
I was talking with a Cleveland city school teacher yesterday who is also quite active doing social justice work with the Catholic Workers here. She said farmers will continue to grow coca plants in, say, Columbia “as long as … Continue reading →
1/27/09
President Obama has just signed legislation outlawing torture of “enemy combatants,” which I agree with. And at the same time, he is starting to open the door for more and more “innocent babies” to be dismembered in their mothers’ … Continue reading →
1/26/09
I was on the St. Ignatius High School campus this morning and talked with youth minister Augi Pacetti. He said this week that some of the students were doing “The Great Garbage Challenge.” For five days, students … Continue reading →
1/23/09
Something’s gone a bit awry with our capitalistic system. Greed… Author Fr. Dom Rembert Sorg writes that the village shoemaker should receive compensation, not by how many shoes he fixes, but by how many children he has. Yet … Continue reading →
1/21/09
Our daughter Sarah, son Joseph and myself went to a Public Hearing tonight on a zoning variance for the addition of a cremation machine at the funeral home around the corner. The hearing room was full. Neighborhood people were … Continue reading →
1/20/09
I hate to be a party pooper, but… I was talking to a political science professor over the weekend who said that $24 million had been raised just the Inaugural Ball activity, etc. What’s more, some five million … Continue reading →