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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I’m just in the process of finishing up a couple outside house painting projects before winter sets in in Ohio. We’re also experiencing a good Schriner family soccer season. Our son Jonathan is a freshman on the Bluffton High School … Continue reading
There was a gang shooting a couple blocks from our home in Steubenville the other night. [We live near the border of a pretty hardscrabble Rust Belt area here. Let’s just say it isn’t Mar-a-Lago.] A teenage boy was killed … Continue reading
Buckeye Back Road Tours cont… In Wapakoneta, Ohio, I talked with a real estate appraiser who works in about a 100-mile radius around here. He said in the aftermath of the housing bubble bursting, there is still a significant number … Continue reading
Yet more Buckeye Back Road stumping… In Van Wert, Ohio, we stopped at old Bailey’s Restaurant downtown to put up a campaign flier. While having coffee there, I looked up to see a man who appeared to be in his … Continue reading
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The year 2011 saw the most natural disasters worldwide in recorded history. And we’re on a tract to maybe best that this year… While record setting wildfires rage out in the West in this country, the Midwest and East Coast just … Continue reading
We have moved into Northwest Ohio where I was interviewed by Mike Maag, who has an internet radio show out of Columbus Grove, Ohio. He asked me about our tax policy. I said we wanted to do away with most … Continue reading
Yesterday we were in Glasgow, Kentucky, and attended part of a Memorial Day Service at the town cemetery. Among those in attendance, was a man in his 50s who was dressed in a World War II khaki uniform standing … 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
We’re still in Cleveland for a pit stop. Tonight I took our kids up to play some football in a league at a neighborhood Rec. Center. When we arrived, there were four police cars and an ambulance in … Continue reading