Don't Gel Too Soon

July 28, 2008: The Dark Knight, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Dark U.S. Days and Politics

Cynthia Samuels — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:31:00 PDT

I used to see Christ symbols everywhere. It drove my mother crazy; no matter what film or book, I'd find some kind of symbol in it. And Christ symbols were fashionable then (Ingmar Bergman, Robert S. Heinlein.) So I guess...

July 25, 2008: BARACK OBAMA and BERLIN: WHAT WE SHOULD and CAN BE

Cynthia Samuels — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 05:03:00 PDT

First I got this email from a young friend: "LOVED IT - Just brilliant and I am happy to vote again." Then I watched The Speech again early this morning on C-SPAN and marveled at the reaction of 200,000 Berliners...

Cynthia Samuels — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:39:26 PDT

John Kennedy, Barack Obama, 2 Inaugurations and 2 Generations of Dreamers REDUX

Cynthia Samuels — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:01:00 PST

I wrote this piece right before the Obama Inauguration. This seems like a good day to share it again. I seem to be living in the WayBack Machine this year. Lots of memoriesof 1968 and even 1963. Now as January...

Sarah Palin, The Battle Hymn of the Republic and the Tea Party

Cynthia Samuels — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:50:17 PST

This is a sincere and committed couple. I am not mocking them. It does demonstrate the depth of anger in our country in a dramatic way though. What do you think? (Thanks to @Lizardoid who retweeted this from a tweet...

Carrying our Burden: The Military and the Rest of Us

Cynthia Samuels — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 05:52:00 PST

NOTE; From my archives (one of my first posts) August 8, 2006 The National Military Families Association is an old client of mine and today I'm meeting their former CEO for lunch. She and I had hoped to use her...

Days of Future Past

Cynthia Samuels — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 05:47:29 PST

NOTE: From my archives: Today: January 2, 2006 Some radical thoughts about the future from people who actually might know what they're talking about: I have always been fascinated by the smart, smart people who live from the center to...

Remembering Harry Chapin, Hunger Crusader, on Thanksgiving

Cynthia Samuels — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:46:25 PST

I was looking for a Harry Chapin video to add to a hunger post at Care2 and came across this. Perfect for Thanksgiving and happy one to all.

Peacemakers Where There Is NO Peace

Cynthia Samuels — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:19:21 PDT

There's a lot of pain in Israel and a lot of rage, but NY Times reporter Nicholas Kristof found something else.

How Do You Feel When Your Son Can Do THIS?

Cynthia Samuels — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:00:11 PDT

SO let me be a proud mom. Look at these two videos about Fable3. This is the preview A while ago

Greece's Pain: It's not Greek to Us - It IS Us!

Cynthia Samuels — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:59:30 PDT

See this? Looks like home, doesn't it? And sometimes it feels like we are the only country struggling with these issues of immigration. But guess what. This poster isn't from Arizona, or Florida, it's part of a sign on a...

RIOTING IN AFRICA? STRIFE IN IRAN? You Have to Read This

Cynthia Samuels — Wed, 05 May 2010 07:05:35 PDT

You’re not going to believe it but this was written by Sheldon Harnick in 1958 and recorded by the Kingston Trio. Does anything sound familiar? I couldn't find a decent video but it was too good to waste. They're rioting...

Do We Love this or What?

Cynthia Samuels — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:33:24 PDT

TWITTER and JEWISH MOTHERS; Do we laugh or...well....not?

Cynthia Samuels — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:42:33 PDT

OK so I'm busy and this is just a video but it's so strange - see what you think.

Something Truly Remarkable

Cynthia Samuels — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:03:27 PDT

Between work and Passover I have been completely delinquent about posting but you need to see this. Really. You need to. It's less than three minutes and you'll be really glad. Written, directed by : Patrick Jean Director of Photography...