We’re back in Ohio to start the next phase of the campaign, and our lives in general. And as we’ve often asked many Americans to consider, we will soon be moving from Bluffton, Ohio to the heart of the inner … Continue reading
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Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. Talked with Phil Zeber, owner of the Rock Creek Country Store in Rock Creek, Ohio. He’s had the store for almost three years, but can’t get a bank loan because he’s just barely breaking even, … Continue reading
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. During Mass this morning at St. Frances de Sales Church in Newark, Ohio, the priest said that St. Peter Claver spent 38 years ministering to Black slaves. During campaign 2000, I told a Pittsburgh, Kansas … Continue reading
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. (Saturday afternoon). Up the road from where we’re staying in Peebles, Ohio, the Powered Parachute Wing Association was having a fly-in. Frank Parman from London, Kentucky, told me these ultra-light airplanes — with a multi-colored … Continue reading
The Journal Tribune here ran a front page article about the campaign. It noted I believe Americans need to consume less and put the savings toward helping quell poverty more in the inner cities and the Third World. We then … Continue reading
Earlier in the week, I gave a short talk at St. Mary’s Church in Salina. I noted that St. Mary’s Social Concerns Commission cites a 1995 Catholic Bishops Pastoral Message that read: “The pursuit of economic justice is not an … Continue reading
Catching up on the last month… I’ve been reading some of the book Robert Kennedy and His Times by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Last night I was reading a section that included that Kennedy wrote in 1967: “…we are two worlds.” … Continue reading
Yet more Buckeye Back Road stumping… In Van Wert, Ohio, we stopped at old Bailey’s Restaurant downtown to put up a campaign flier. While having coffee there, I looked up to see a man who appeared to be in his … Continue reading
I talked with Steve Flood who teaches a Logic Class at Notre Dame University. He asked me about our platform in regard to reversing the decaying inner city urban cores of America. I said the crux of the … Continue reading
Each of the major candidates have position papers on crime. We have a position paper on crime as well. And the following is a take on our paradigm around crime: National Public Radio did a piece the other … Continue reading