September 11, 2007
Photographer Alan Chin, who captured the WTC attack six years ago, returned again yesterday to observe the mood around the Ground Zero site.
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Face It, Iraq Was All About 9/11
I had a little piece at C&L about two weeks ago speculating the Democratic Leadership would certainly be smart enough not to let the Administration have Petraeus testify on 9/11 and thereby pull off a fabulous opportunity to link the two together.... It's about how we went into Iraq...
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From The "While Petraeus Testifies" Department: Been There, Done That
So much of politics is about how you use pictures. Now, if we could only figure out how to put them together half as well as they do.... LBJ and General William Westmoreland in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, December 23, 1967. Bush and Petraeus, et. al. in Anbar Province,...
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Rudy: Super-Sized For 9/11
What the Times also accomplishes is to add more cement to the structural association between Rudy and 9/11.
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Fighting in the Trenches
What makes the image all the more disturbing is that, according to his website, Senator Isakson served in the Georgia Air National Guard from 1966 to 1972. There is no evidence that this unit ever deployed, nor is there mention of his having served in Vietnam or in combat...
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In The Modern Age Of The War On Terror
In the modern age of The War on Terror, the masks are on the wrong people, and no one seems to notice.
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Nancy's Pull To Give In
As profoundly upset as I am by all the tent-folding in advance of the much-touted Iraq War September showdown, I thought I'd briefly survey the visual consequences.
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Market Forces
I understand Media Matters' point that Katie was helpful. That's because, before she got there, traditional media had mostly taken the summer off from Iraq. Still, I've been going through Couric's last few reports on-line at CBS.com Video, and her reinforcement of Administration framing -- down to the indiscriminant...
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When You Stand On The Ground Here In Anbar
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/03/AR2007090300463.html "The president heard about this idea and instantly took to it and that's why we're doing it," Hadley said.
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To Hell With The Fair
I think they picked a shot for the cover that shows Fred Thompson in healthier shape than he is now.... What with the intimation throughout the piece that Thompson lacks drive (Newsweek effectively calls him lazy on the cover and describes how he hardly ever went after a political...
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Wallpaper Roll Out: The Magic Kingdom
I don't know why more isn't made of the Administration's tactic of spiriting away -- in effect, kidnapping -- the traveling press on these thoroughly-scripted Iraq dog-and-camel shows.
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Here's Looking At You Looking Back, Kid
The article, which mostly lays out the case for Rice's distinction as America's worst-ever Secretary of State, emphasizes repeatedly that Condi -- as is consistent with Dubya and the rest of the cabal -- does not reflect.
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Tower Of A Man (Or Is It, Man Of A Tower?)
Given the controversy surrounding Rudy Giuliani's commemoration of 9/11, and shifting thoughts about what profile the day merits six years out, TIME's "Person Of The Year" cover for 2001 seems to grow that much more audacious.
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