I wanted to follow up on Bush's visit this week to the completely privately-funded Center for the Intrepid rehabilitation facility, confusingly located at the Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio.
Continue ReadingI’ve been to Walter Reed a few of times since 2003; a couple in uniform and once as a civilian. From that experience, I know the questions I have for these soldiers about their situation pre- and post-injury are pretty much unanswerable. Talking to them is hard because of...
Continue ReadingThere are a number of things I find stunningly memorable about Lori Grinker's photo, taken on lower Broadway in the so-called "Canyon of Heroes" on June 10, 1991.
Continue ReadingWhat a liberal looks and feels like taking account of majority Dems who have, by-and-large, capitulated to the White House on the subjects of terrorism, security and war.
Continue ReadingWhat is tremendously disturbing, and shamefully unacceptable, is the disconnect (like it's something new) between the "testimony" these Pakistani photos represent and the not-so-hidden evidence of Administration acquiescence regarding martial law.
Continue ReadingIn Bush's "comfort culture," the aim is to make people feel better erasing any need or imperative -- in the face of true complexity and pain -- to make the situation itself any better.
Continue ReadingWhen I saw the this shot in the morning, my thought was: this might be the first and last emotionally-uncomplicated act these men will experience in their post-war lives, provided they even stay stateside that long.
Continue ReadingPhotographer Peter van Agtmael has made two trips to Iraq and one to Afghanistan over the past couple years. Among his work over that time is a series, the idea of which is eminently logical, but which I haven't seen before. To capture a more raw if performative picture...
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