Mexico. The last two years have been the bloodiest to date there. A lot of it is attributable to turf wars between drug cartels. In the ultimate Catch 22, President Andres Manuel Lopez recently created a new National Guard with … Continue reading →
I just wrote a newspaper column on the heels of a tremendously violent helmet-to-helmet hit on Texas Cowboy QB Andy Dalton Sunday. While he got a severe concussion from it, it could have snapped his neck. I note in the … Continue reading →
Some thoughts in the aftermath of the movie theatre shooting in Aurora, Colorado, early this morning… It happened at a Batman movie titled: Dark Knight Rises. The real shooting erupted during a shooting scene in the movie. As of late … Continue reading →
local museum display Continuing to catch up on the last few months… Part of our campaign is to ask people to consider, well, going back to the 1950’s. Not in every respect, like, for instance, Segregation. But back to a … Continue reading →
History Museum football helmet, circa the 1950s. …photo by Joe Catching up on the summer of 2025 (part 4)…. I wrote a newspaper article this summer about a local man who played football for Cincinnati University in the 1950s. He … Continue reading →
Migrant children organize for a soccer game in Ohio As I type this, the deportation riots rage in LA. Meanwhile, this photo is of migrant farm worker children who are going to a bi-lingual school while their parents work in … Continue reading →
Trump just hosted the president of South Africa. During a press conference, the president said that his country is replete with poverty (…a 40% unemployment rate currently), and as a result, riddled with gang violence, and such. *It was noted … Continue reading →
Wikipedia photo Joe Biden gave his “Farewell” speech last night. During it, he cautioned against a small cadre of wealthy oligarchs taking over the country. And yeah, Trump, Musk, Zuckerberg… could, indeed, be problematic. But here’s the other side of … Continue reading →
Juarez, Mexico family home I did a “Town Hall” style event for some seniors at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton today. Immigration came up, as it is coming up consistently on the national stage. Our campaign done a number … Continue reading →
photo by Joe Fascinating. I recently wrote a newspaper article about this cabin. It sits on skids in the backyard of a local couple’s place. They live in a modest, two-bedroom house about 25 yards from the cabin. They use … Continue reading →