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Yearly Archives: 2015

green lawns, Syrian refugees, broccoli

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Joe SchrinerNovember 20, 2015

I’ve gone to a series of Bible Studies at the local Lutheran Church the past month.  The pastor, in referring to how crazy our spending in America has become, noted we spend $40 billion a year on lawn care — … Continue reading →

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Russian and Chinese dissidents

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Joe SchrinerNovember 12, 2015

I attended a talk at Bluffton University today that was, in part, about Russian dissidents.  BU History Professor Perry Bush noted that scores of Soviet Union “dissidents” (artists, writers, teachers, Christians…) were killed under Stalin — or sent to “labor … Continue reading →

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El Nino shift; home church; reverse “white flight”; average Joe ‘low-tech’ wonk

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Joe SchrinerNovember 3, 2015

With a shift in the El Nino pattern, things will be about 15 degrees warmer than normal in Ohio this next two weeks — which will afford me the opportunity to finish an outside painting job before winter sets in.  … Continue reading →

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Browns burgers; promise ya anything; marijuana; cheap motel…

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Joe SchrinerOctober 22, 2015

Did some more traveling on Ohio’s back roads last weekend…  In Lisbon, Ohio, I stumped at the Steel Car Trolley Diner.  I also noticed the menu featured a Cleveland Browns Burger, as it featured a Ben Rothils’burger’ (Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback).  … Continue reading →

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America ‘gasses’ the world…

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Joe SchrinerOctober 16, 2015

On Tuesday, I attended a forum on “Climate Change” at nearby Bluffton University.  [Having a small liberal arts college in our backyard has provided an absolute wealth of research information.]  Toledo University Environmental Science Professor Andrew Jorgensen travels the country … Continue reading →

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bicycling, national debt, prayer, square dancing (Not!)…

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Joe SchrinerOctober 16, 2015

Traveled some on the back roads of Ohio this last week…  I stopped at the National American Bicycle Museum in New Bremen, Ohio.  [Our platform calls for a shift to much more bicycling and walking in America.]  While stumping in … Continue reading →

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“…feed the world.” Franciscan U.

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Joe SchrinerOctober 3, 2015

I interviewed Greg Gerschutz recently.  He joined the Peace Corps in the early ’70s and was sent to a rural village in the Philippines called Eastern Infanta (pop. 2,000).  He worked with an extension agency there to help small farmers … Continue reading →

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