Our Louisiana Gumbo Tour continues in New Orleans… We stopped at St. Thomas Catholic Worker House in the heart of the city here on Constance St. They take in homeless people, have set up a community garden, lobby … Continue reading
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More on our Sweet Home Alabama Tour… Coming across the border from Georgia, we first stopped in Phenix City, Alabama. This was once billed at “the most corrupt city in America.” With the Army’s Ft. Benning nearby, … Continue reading
We continue our Georgia On My Mind Tour (Is that original, or what?) We are at the Open Door Community in Atlanta for this phase of the tour, as we continue to look at urban poverty issues. The … Continue reading
I was interviewed by the LaGrange Daily News the other day. I said to reporter Joel Martin that in some areas I would be viewed as quite liberal, while in other areas I would be viewed as quite conservative … Continue reading
The New York Times reported yesterday that Gao Zhishenq, one of China’s most high profile human rights lawyers is “missing” after being taken into custody by the Chinese Communist government. Previously, he was taken into custody for 54 days … Continue reading
The night President Obama gave his State of the Union address, I gave my own ‘State of the Union Address’ at Andrews Auditorium at the University of Notre Dame. I said, political correctness aside, that this was the real … Continue reading
I’m just in the process of preparing a talk I’ll be giving at Notre Dame University toward the end of the month. I hold to a Consistent Life Ethic that sets me against poverty, pollution, abortion, euthanasia… and anything … Continue reading
I talked with Larry Bubeck in North Star, Ohio (pop. 136), yesterday. He has an auto-mechanic shop in North Star, looks to be in his late 40s and was full of small town common sense. He said, for … Continue reading
Our tour up Route 1 continues… In Colonial Heights, Virginia, we talked with Ted Du Varney, 68, who has diabetes. (He actually looks like he’s in his early 50s.) He now charts everything he eats on a computerized … Continue reading
We’ve stayed in Huntington, West Virginia (pop. 50,000) the last week amidst a whirlind of activity. I was interviewed by the online newspaper here and Channel 3 News did an interview during a whistle-stop event we held downtown. … Continue reading