Tag: National Editor
The Midterm Elections and the Days of Hate
By: Cynthia Shaffer
I snapped this picture during the 2016 presidential election. I thought the way it was worded was very interesting. It made me...
“I Can’t Eat No Pippin Apples” the new children’s book ...
“I Can’t Eat No Pippin Apples” by Chris Stewart is a story told through the eyes of Jesse, a young boy who likes to...
We Remember Charles Krauthammer
By: Cynthia Shaffer
Charles Krauthammer. He’s one of those people about whom you learn more in death than in life; as evidenced by one of my...
Alicia Hayes West And Her Phenomenal 30 Year Rust College Graduation...
Reel Urban News Exclusive
By: Cynthia Shaffer, National Editor, Reel Urban News
CS: Why go back to Rust College?
AHW: I suppose my main reason for...
Speaker Paul Ryan And The Politics of Family
“This morning Speaker Ryan shared with his colleagues that this will be his last year as a member of the House. He will serve...
“Another School Shooting. I’ve Lost Count.”
Another school shooting. I’ve lost count. I desperately want to express “the correct” reaction because now-a-days there are a bevy of experts at the ready...
Cynthia Shaffer confronts Dodge Ram and the Controversial Television Commercial (Watch)
I like the Dodge Ram 2018 Super Bowl commercial.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlbY1tGARUA]
My mind instantly went back to their 2013 Super Bowl commercial.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMpZ0TGjbWE]
I like that one,...
“Time’s Up” and the Absence of Significant Stakeholders
The salutation: “Dear Sisters”
The valediction: “In Solidarity”
One letter is from Farmworkers to Hollywood. The other letter is from Hollywood to the World. Love letters...
2017 The Year of the White Woman
“I am here to give you permission to be angry.” —Rose McGowan, Time magazine, 2017 Person of the Year
I’m not known to shy away...
#METOO Campaign….Under Examination
Does conduct "matter"? - November 12, 2012
I posted this question on my Facebook wall after the media frenzy of then CIA Director David Patraeus...