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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day today, we read the kids some passages from the book: Let My People Go, which is about slavery in early America… During our campaign tours we have retraced the Civil Rights … Continue reading →
An Ashtabula Star Beacon story about our 2012 campaign for president ran today. Lifestyle Editor Carl Feather wrote that there would be no gas guzzling motorcade to our inaugaration, we’d bicycle. He noted that during the speech I … Continue reading →
I was interviewed by reporter Carl Feathers from the Ashtabula Star Beacon today. During the interview, I mentioned that National Public Radio last night carried a piece saying the Israelis would probably end their incursion into Gaza just before … Continue reading →
We’re back in Cleveland for part of the winter and Liz and I coached in an indoor soccer league at the neighborhood Rec. Center. The kids, as usual, were spirited, competetive and several of them we’re awful good … Continue reading →