We launched our Common Wealth Tour through Virginia… We arrived at a city park in Woodstock (no relation to the Woodstock), Virginia, just before sunset. A local kids soccer team, “The Tigers,” was practicing. … Continue reading →
In Hagerstown, Maryland, we stood in solidarity with a group protesting in front of a downtown abortion clinic there. I mentioned that this day in America there would be about 4,400 babies killed in their mothers’ wombs. In … Continue reading →
In Hagerstown, Maryland, we talked with Fr. Nixon Mullah who is from the country of Cameroon. While he now lives in America, Fr. Nixon goes back to his village in Cameroon for a month each year. There he … Continue reading →
Out of New Jersey, we headed back into Pennsylvania, stopping first in Allentown (Remember the Billy Joel song?). Parts of this old blue-collar city are, indeed, as depressed at Mr. Joel sings about. While there, we talked with … Continue reading →
We went over the Washington Bridge out of Long Island and headed south on the New Jersey Turnpike. At a Service Plaza, I passed on a campaign card to a man from Massachussetts. He said he would have … Continue reading →
While in Southhold, New York (at the eastern end of Long Island), I learned that to curb over crowding” in this rather well-to-do area, zoning now only allows for one single family dwelling on an acre of land. I … Continue reading →
We headed through part of New York City and over the George Washington Bridge the other night late. Quite a view! Then it was on to Long Island. We stopped in East North Port where I passed … Continue reading →
In East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, we talked with a retired elementary teacher who had worked in the Bronx, New York. He said what we’re seeing in America is a domino effect. That is, as the discipline breaks down in … Continue reading →
The Keystone State Tour 2 rolled on… At a Flying J Truck Stop in Lamar, Pennsylvania, I passed out campaign cards to some rock band ‘roadies’ just getting out of their tour bus. (Speaking of music, check out … Continue reading →
Keystone State Tour 2 cont… We stopped in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, where I walked around the downtown passing out campaign flyers. I ended up in a conversation with Mike Barber who said that, while he’d been an … Continue reading →