{"id":2057,"date":"2005-09-23T11:40:50","date_gmt":"2005-09-23T11:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/09\/catch-up-no.html"},"modified":"2005-09-23T11:40:50","modified_gmt":"2005-09-23T11:40:50","slug":"catch-up-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/09\/catch-up-no.html","title":{"rendered":"Catch up &#8211; no."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t catch up on all the news swirling about the last day or so, but will just post a few items and thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Last night, I had the pleasure of speaking to the Columbus chapter of Legatus. Nice group, as usual, with one of the more interesting folks there a man who works with Material Assistance Providers of Columbus, or, in simpler terms, a furniture bank. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/powerofone\/plaindealer\/index.ssf?\/powerofone\/more\/1.html\">Its success are mentioned in this article from the Cleveland paper, addressing that city&#8217;s inadequacies in the area<\/a>). Talked DVC, heard that they were following me up with a much bigger name next month &#8211; Raymond Arroyo, on his Mother Angelica bio tour. <\/p>\n<p>I had never been to Columbus, only through it, and was sort of impressed with the downtown. I liked it &#8211; interesting structures, plenty of businesses&nbsp; &#8211; well, it <em>is<\/em> the capitol, I know. But after the desert of Fort Wayne, whose idea of downtown development is to put a big JAIL on the corner across from the land where all the festivals, etc. are held..it was a pleasant ten minutes of touring before I finally found where I was supposed to be.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s sad when the other highlight of your trip is finding gas at a bargain price &#8211; and that price is $2.43 a gallon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t catch up on all the news swirling about the last day or so, but will just post a few items and thoughts. Last night, I had the pleasure of speaking to the Columbus chapter of Legatus. 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