I went to a talk about nuclear weapons at Notre Dame University’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies yesterday. Retired General William Burns, who advocates for an incrementally scaled back U.S. nuclear arsenal, offered some relatively startling numbers. … Continue reading →
The other day I listened to part of a talk to some Montessori students who were on a field trip to the Peter Claver Catholic Worker Houses in South Bend, Indiana. The Catholic Worker Houses here are a cluster … Continue reading →
This last week I met with Mike Cobbler, who is a representative for St. Joseph County’s Bridges Out of Poverty Initiative. This program examines the sources and impact of generational poverty on families and communities, reveals the hidden rules … Continue reading →
I just watched a documentary on the School of the America’s (SOA). This is a facility for training Latin American soldiers. It’s based in Georgia. The documentary stated that often the poor in Latin America who “cry … Continue reading →
I talked with Steve Flood who teaches a Logic Class at Notre Dame University. He asked me about our platform in regard to reversing the decaying inner city urban cores of America. I said the crux of the … Continue reading →
From Liz: As we travel, we take time to exercise with the kids in the afternoons. And recently we stopped at Goshen College’s track in Goshen, Indiana. While there, I encountered a woman jogging with her two … Continue reading →
America deliberately crashed two unmanned NASA spacecraft into the moon to see if they will “kick up some ice,” according to an Associated Press report. We, I’m sure, have spent millions, if not billions, of dollars on this. … Continue reading →
Since we don’t have the millions of dollars for television advertising, we’ve decided to put our money into: vinyl signage for our motor home. I mean, we’ll travel practically everywhere in the country. So we figure most people will … Continue reading →
Catching up from the last week… While in South Bend, Indiana, I was invited to a Ph.D. level Law Class at Notre Dame University. The class discussion this day revolved around the legal reasons the Bush Administration used for … Continue reading →
I mentioned in the last blog entry that I talked to a couple classes at Holy Cross College in South Bend, Indiana. The classes revolved around a Christian response to our global society. One of the classes is … Continue reading →