On the Virginia Tech shootings, the Nichols Mines Amish girls shootings, the Columbine shootings… It wouldn’t take a professor of Social Psychology to figure this out. We are awash in media/entertainment violence. It influences our pysches. … Continue reading
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As a follow up to the last entry… We stopped in Lenoir City, Tennessee, where we toured “I’va’s Place.” This is a complex for “women in crisis.” And that could be women who are homeless, or victims of … Continue reading
A couple entries back, I asked supporters (no matter where you’re at in the country) to google “Ohio newspapers” and send brief endorsement letters to the editor of some of those papers. We are now in the midst of a … Continue reading
Campaign trail week in review… We continue to follow Rte 40 east toward the coast. Rte. 40 parallels Old Rte. 66 through the section we’re currently on. And last Saturday at Holbrook, Arizona, I stopped at Joe and Aggie’s Cafe … Continue reading
Last night I gave a Pro-Life talk at St. Mary’s of the Desert Church in Rosamond, California. Afterward, parishioner Mike Adams approached me. He was wearing a big button that read: “Pro-Woman, Pro-Family, Pro-Life.” He said he wondered about the … Continue reading
There was a wire service story today that President Bush telephoned President Vincente Fox of Mexico to exchange ideas on “how to stop violence and improve security along the two countries’ mutual borders.” We’re currently down on the southern border … Continue reading
I interviewed Sean Daly at Koinonia Farm in Americus, Georgia. From Nyack, New York, he was here with his wife Patti to do some volunteer work. Sean is retired from the drug and alcohol field, which he worked in for … Continue reading
We have come to the Koinonia Community on the outskirts of Americus, Georgia. Established in 1942, this is a group of Christians living together in community around a pecan farm. Former President Jimmy Carter, who lives 10 miles away in … Continue reading
Coming out of Rome, Georgia, we stopped in nearby Lindale where I sat in on a Church of God “Road to Recovery” group to do some research. The facilitator, Tod Stansell, said this group was for people who had an … Continue reading
New Years day I talked with Kingsport, Tennessee’s John Andrivilli about an idea we propose about taxes. That is, we believe each citizen should be able to designate where at least 25% of their tax money should go (to environmental … Continue reading