Last night I talked with a man in his mid-20s at a Catholic Worker street outreach at our neighborhood in Cleveland. Nice guy, but hurting tremendously. He’s currently living in his car and parks in a friend’s driveway … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Shootings at Columbine, at Virginia Tech and at so many other schools these days are the far end of a violence continuum. The other night I went to an information session in Cleveland about how to short circuit some … Continue reading
I talked with Rachel Napolitano from Cleveland’s Community Development Corporation (CCDC). She is the project coordinator for Kids Growin’ Green. This is a CCDC “Community Garden Project” for children from 2nd to 5th grade. This will be … Continue reading
I talked with a group of students from Creighton University in Oklahoma last week at the Catholic Worker around the corner. They told me they were here for their Spring Break. That is, while a good number of … Continue reading
The economy. It appears to be going in the tank. People are pointing fingers at Wall Street, at banking institutions, at over extended consumers… Yet is there, perhaps, a base moral component many of us are simply … Continue reading
I talked with Bridgette Kelly who recently returned from a Witness for Peace trip to Nicaragua. She toured both the rural areas and the city of Managua. Ms. Kelly said small subsitence farmers there are being tremendously … Continue reading
There was an article yesterday that said NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander had a “set of little globules attached to the struts on Phoenix’s legs.” Researchers say this could indicate there is indeed water on Mars. As I read … Continue reading
We’re concerned about Iran and North Korea developing nuclear missiles. Meanwhile, we have thousands of nuclear missiles aimed all over the world — including at Iran and North Korea. HELLO AMERICA! During an interview in northwestern … Continue reading
The New York Times reported today that President Obama will be reversing Bush administration limits on federal financing for embryonic stem cell research at a ceremony on Monday. According to the article, Obama said this signals a general return … Continue reading
A New York Times story this week noted President Barack Obama sent a secret letter to Russia’s president last month suggesting that he would back off deploying a new missile defense system in Eastern Europe if Moscow would help … Continue reading