We have temporarily detoured off Route 50 to head for the annual Green Party National Convention in Durham, North Carolina, toward the end of the month. I told a reporter Tonia Rose of The Morehead News in Kentucky … Continue reading
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Buckeye Back Road Tour cont.: We stumped at the Steel Trolley Diner in Lisbon where a man from East Palestine, Ohio, told me he was out of work for a year (actively looking the whole time) when he finally … Continue reading
One of the first things Pope Benedict XVI said on his plane coming into America dealt with the issue of immigration. According to a New York Times article, the pope said that we should mobilize many more efforts into … Continue reading
Buckeye Back Road Tour: We stopped in tiny Dunkinsville, Ohio, early this morning. There was a church with a yard sign out front that had a flag and the words: God Bless America. I left a flyer … Continue reading
I did a blog talk radio show this week. I was asked about illegal immigration. I said during a “Border Tour” we went to Juarez, Mexico, where some 200,000 people live in total abject poverty. The streets … Continue reading
My wife Liz and I attended a Bible Study at the Catholic Worker house in Cleveland. We’ve been studying the book: Sabbath Economics: Household Practices. Liz and I were asked to summarize the chapter on Solidarity. In part … Continue reading
During a phone-in interview with MCAM TV in Manchester, New Hampshire, this week, I was asked my take on outsourcing of jobs overseas. I said the burden for this, for the most part, falls sqarely on the shoulders of … Continue reading
We traveled into Cortland, Ohio, where I gave a talk at St. Robert’s Church. I said World Hunger is a “Pro-Life issue,” with 24,000 people starving to death in the Third World every day. Afterward, Fr. Karl Kish … Continue reading
We traveled to Peebles, Ohio, where I talked with Fr. Paul Donohue who is a Comboni Missionary for the Catholic Church. He was stationed in Kitgum, Uganda for a time. When I asked him about the poverty he … Continue reading
I gave a talk to a Men’s Fellowship Group at St. Charles Church in Lima. I said part of our platform calls for Americans, almost across the board, to cut back lifestyle-wise and help more in the Third World. … Continue reading