Some notes from my research the past few weeks: China has recently allocated some $360 billion dollars for the development of more green energy. Meanwhile, Scott Pruitt — who apparently has close ties to the fossil fuels industry — has … Continue reading
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nuclear plant With all eyes on the nuclear power plant in the Ukraine, which is currently caught in the crossfire of war, I interviewed a professor at Ohio Northern University who teaches a “Nuclear Physics” class. He said what is … Continue reading
strange planet… I recently interviewed a local librarian who is the youth reading coordinator. She doe story time sessions at the library and at an elementary school (using books like the one pictured here). She has a master’s degree in … Continue reading
types.org uk photo As mentioned in the last post, the Blessed Virgin Mary has been appearing around the globe in the last 100 years with urgent messages for a mankind tremendously adrift in a sea of sin. For instance, she … Continue reading
In my spiritual reading this morning, I came across the “Tower of Babel” story in the Old Testament. It seems God had told “man” to go to the ends of the earth, or at least to Des Moines, and “populate” … Continue reading
As mentioned in the previous post, I’m currently reading parts of a sociology college textbook written by James Henslin (the above is an outtake from the book). It notes that people in least industrialized countries live on less than $1,000 … Continue reading
Trump has just signaled his intention to impose more tariffs. Some fear a trade war. The book Trade and Income Distribution notes that one important trend in the American economy in the past 20 years has been an increased openness … Continue reading
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There was an AP article today reporting that Hillary Clinton is in the country of Laos. In some foreign affairs research about Laos, I learned that we dropped two million tons of bombs on this country during the Vietnam War … Continue reading
We started the Georia On My Mind Tour in Thomasville where our Jonathan got in a spirited “sandlot soccer game” at Remington Park over the weekend. We then did a downtown whistle-stop event. Three TV news crews filmed. One of … Continue reading
Ok, time to call a spade a spade… During our prayer time this morning, I was reading the kids some writings of Dorothy Day (co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement). At one point, she wrote that people in … Continue reading