Children International Summer Village photo taken in Mongolia, 1996 I recently interviewed a former teacher who was involved with what is called “Children’s International Summer Villages.” He’s been all over the world with the program. The essence of the program … Continue reading →
photo by Joe As I write this, the war in Ukraine is into its second week, and it is absolutely raging now. Meanwhile, the world looks on. While interviewing a couple volunteers at the used bookstore downtown, they said they … Continue reading →
Oregon City Schools Quiz Bowl graphic I just wrote a two-part newspaper series on high school Quiz Bowl. One of the local faculty advisors here said, yes, part of it is about academic preparedness. But he also said the ‘genius’ … Continue reading →
I was re-reading part of this book the other night. At one point, the author proposes a major paradigm shift. For instance, he recommends we enlarge the CIA mission to gather “intelligence” about other nations, other cultures, in order to … Continue reading →
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists kept the Doomsday Clock at an ominous two minutes to doomsday a few days ago. This, it was noted, is as close to doomsday that we’ve been since the Cold War. I was recently … Continue reading →
Yesterday Trump, with great fanfare, spoke from the Pentagon about withdrawing troops from Syria, ramping up even more our missile defense, and he talked, once again, about the need for a iron clad border wall. Yesterday I, with a whole … Continue reading →
I mentioned in the last blog entry that I talked to a couple classes at Holy Cross College in South Bend, Indiana. The classes revolved around a Christian response to our global society. One of the classes is … Continue reading →
Shootings at Columbine, at Virginia Tech and at so many other schools these days are the far end of a violence continuum. The other night I went to an information session in Cleveland about how to short circuit some … Continue reading →
I have spent part of the week expanding our U.S. Department of Peace position paper based on years of cross country research. Go to http://www.voteforjoe.com/stands/stands_domestic.html
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 →