Iran has continued to vex the international community with it’s ongoing nuclear program. The U.S., the European Union, and the UN Security Council established an “Iran Nuclear Deal,” with checks and balances on that country’s nuclear program, but Trump has … Continue reading
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Last Saturday President Trump said he was pulling out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia. His administration’s contention is that Russia is breaking the treaty by building and testing a new class of weapons. The treaty bans ground … Continue reading
As the drama plays itself out with the Fukushima Nuclear Plant in Japan, it would seem an opportune time to reiterate our campaign’s stance on nuclear energy. It’s an ill-conceived energy solution and our administration would work to nix it. … Continue reading
The Japanese scramble to avert a complete meltdown at a nuclear facility today. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant melted down, spewing massive amounts of radiation throughout Russia and Europe. The Deep Water Horizon catastrophe spewed massive amounts of … Continue reading
According to Gwynne Dyer, author of the book Climate Wars, for each year we don’t “come up with an adequate climate deal (Copenhagen Accords was a bust),” it is probably costing somewhere on the order of 50 million premature deaths … Continue reading
Our Virginia Common Wealth Tour continues… We headed out of Verona and on to rural Buchanan, Virginia. We stopped at the Buchanan Quick Stop (that didn’t seem all that quick ). A slow country music song … Continue reading
We headed out of New Orleans yesterday toward Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We picked a backroad (LA 18) that looked on the map like it was going to be a ‘scenic byway,’ and it was. That is, it was … Continue reading
As we move into Lent, I heard a homily by Fr. Jim Kudilil at St. Francis Church in Mojave, California, that was right on the mark (in my opinion) when it comes to the true nature of “fasting.” Fr. Jim … Continue reading
We’ve headed back into Northwest Ohio where we stumped in downtown Port Clinton and then we were interviewed by the News Herald there. Reporter Kristina Smith asked my wife (and ‘almost First Lady’) Liz about the long road we’ve been … Continue reading
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We stopped in Oregon, Illinois (pop. 3,945) where, just a few days earlier, “higher than accepted” radium levels were found in a city well. The Byron Nuclear Power Plant is just north of here. And while an explanation from an … Continue reading