We have traveled to Napolean, Ohio where I interviewed two representatives of the American Foundry Society (AFS). Glenn Nelson represented AFS in D.C. last year by lobbying about a variety of issues, including the increasing outsourcing of foundry jobs in … Continue reading
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Yesterday we entered Nevada, still on Hwy 95. In McDermitt, just across the state line, I interviewed Chris Abbruzzesa, who is a local project coordinator for the Student Conservation Association. Abbruzzesa, two college interns and some local high school students … Continue reading
We have launched on our next tour, first stop: Mt. Hope, Ohio (pop. 2,000). Author Gene Logsdon has called Mt. Hope the best town in Ohio. Why? Mt. Hope is Amish, and for the most part: sustainable. That is, the … Continue reading
Interviewed Bill Cherry, 67, who lives in Bay Village, Ohio and bicycles some 12 miles a day. He said he particularly likes the Cleveland area because it has good sidewalks for cycling and the public transit buses even have bike … Continue reading
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During Campaign 2004, I gave a talk to a sociology class at Bluffton College about part of my plan for: Jobs in America. I said I believed we needed to be looking at this issue through a “different lens.” And … Continue reading
The kids and I regularly go to Bluffton’s Senior Center to read the magazine: The Good Old Days. Yesterday we were reading a story about a Cincinnatian’s reminiscence of the old Rte 49 Fairmont-Downtown Zoo trolley. It ran on tracks … Continue reading
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. Gave a talk at a “Farm Festival” on Sunday at Dan and Nancy Kramer’s organic farm in Yorkshire, Ohio. I said one of the first things I’d do at the White House was tear out … Continue reading