Don't Gel Too Soon

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

2012-07-28T09:31:00-04:00

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

2012-07-25T08:03:00-04:00

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...

2012-07-15T21:39:26-04:00

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

2011-01-20T00:01:00-05:00

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

2011-01-17T15:50:17-05:00

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

2011-01-06T08:52:00-05:00

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

2011-01-03T08:47:29-05:00

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

2010-11-23T08:46:25-05:00

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

2010-09-15T17:19:21-04:00

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?

2010-08-04T12:00:11-04:00

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!

2010-07-03T15:59:30-04:00

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

2010-05-05T10:05:35-04:00

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?

2010-04-28T19:33:24-04:00

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

2010-04-13T12:42:33-04:00

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

Something Truly Remarkable

2010-04-08T20:03:27-04:00

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...