I interviewed a man in Atlanta who was with the Special Forces. (He requested anonymity.) He said he was sent to a country in Central America during the Reagan era. He was there to train rebel troops … Continue reading
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“blue line” flag …photo by Joe What’s starting to dot towns around the area is what’s called: “blue line flags.” I just wrote a story for one of the local newspapers about this. The flag is meant as a show … Continue reading
Met recently with Dan Kremer in Yorkshire, Ohio. He is an organic farmer who is an absolute evangelist for Catholic Rural Life Association teaching. He grows organically because he believes the artificial herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers are bad for the … Continue reading
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day today, we read the kids some passages from the book: Let My People Go, which is about slavery in early America… During our campaign tours we have retraced the Civil Rights … Continue reading
I was the featured speaker at Dan Kremer’s “Eat Food For Life” Organic Farm Festival in Yorkshire, Ohio today. I said several years ago we interviewed professor David Orr who is the head of Oberlin College’s Environmental Science Department and … Continue reading
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Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. This morning we drove into Cleveland for a whistle-stop in front of the West Side Market on the near west side. As we pulled up, a Cleveland documentary crew just happened to be out in … Continue reading
photo (and painting) by Joe With fall in full swing now, I’m trying to get in as many outside jobs as possible before winter — while continuing to hone my populist image (“Joe the Painter’). LOL. This was a shed … Continue reading
Cairo, Ohio …photo by Joe On my recent campaign tour down Old Rte. 30, I stumped in Cairo, Ohio. (Something I’ve done in hundreds and hundreds of towns over the years.) Cairo is a small, rural town made up, primarily, … Continue reading
Iowa farm bureau photo What you’re looking at here is a tremendous moral issue with significant spiritual ramifications for most of us. This is a “confinement farm” that has become state-of-the-art in American agriculture these days — representing the far … Continue reading
a slice, or rather a ‘stalk,’ of Joe’s agriculture research notes Corn is the most produced crop in America, coming in at about $24 billion a year. There are a significant amount of U.S. government subsidies for growing corn. This, … Continue reading