3/4/09

A New York Times   story this week noted President Barack Obama sent a secret letter to Russia’s president last month suggesting that he would back off deploying a new missile defense system in Eastern Europe if Moscow would help … Continue reading

10/18/08

Buckeye Back Road Tour cont.:   The Athens News   did a story on our campaign that included:   “I recently coached an inner-city Little League Baseball team in Cleveland,” Schriner explains on  [his] website.   “On draft day, I … Continue reading

7/14/08

Iran did some missile tests last week and, in turn,  the United States ramped up it’s rhetoric against them.   We don’t want Iran to have nuclear weapons capability.   Yet we have nuclear weapons aimed all over the world, … Continue reading

10/27/07

For the past several days, I continue to work on Vote Smart’s “2008 Presidential Candidate Political Courage Test.”   Part of the test calls for 100 word essays on various topics.   The following is another of those answers per: … Continue reading

6/13/07

“average JoeOhio Tour cont.”   I stumped early in the morning at Rosie’s Soup & Such Restaurant in Tiffin, Ohio.   Great place!   Owner Lori Brown was buzzing about serving patrons, and inbetween trips to the tables, was stirring … Continue reading

5/9/06

I was interviewed by Mike Smith who is Director of News Operations for a group of Clear Channel Radio Stations throughout a five county area of southern Ohio. He asked me why I considered myself average. I said: “Because I … Continue reading

3/25/06

Yesterday I wrote an entry about breaking the 5th Commandment (“Thou shalt not kill.”) within the context of America’s poor environmental track record and it’s ongoing fatal ramifications. Today the theme continues… San Francisco Chronicle reporter James Sterngold wrote a … Continue reading

7/1/05

We traveled to Anathon Farm in Luck, Wisconsin (pop. 1,200). The sign coming in says: “You Are Now In Luck.” And we were. We researched an ultra-earth friendly farm (two-acre organic garden, solar shower, solar panels, straw-bale insulation, compost toilets…) … Continue reading