Perhaps the most provocative aspect of the photo, however, is the fact that it's the guy in uniform who presents as the more submissive, or what many would see as the more "feminine" role.
Continue ReadingBizWeek sees Romney as layers of surface. Willard meets Springsteen meets Village People?
Continue ReadingThe GOP soap opera continues.
Continue ReadingI'm wondering how much Santorum's ever more narrow, fundamentalist message is a clever strategy to rally America's Christian conservatives, or he's ultimately more about divinity than delegates.
Continue ReadingWith photographers risks their lives to photograph the political events of our time, we might take more time to notice the details.
Continue ReadingIf a lot of the media still thought the pic of the day involved Romney coming, by chance, upon a Santorum-sponsored car, still others accented Romney's "CEO problem" by leading with the shot of Mitt and the Sprint boss.
Continue ReadingOver this almost four year photographic span, the message on its face is that the Afghan campaign continues to suck the life force out of America and its troops.
Continue ReadingWhile others attribute the media angle to the power of social networking or the fact that Romney leaked most of the address over the previous week, the real explanation though comes down to a much simpler equation.
Continue ReadingMaybe what's so striking about the photo is how Margaret Doyle's reaction should come as such a surprise.
Continue ReadingIf the overriding job of politicians these days is fundraising and money in politics is at the root of what's wrong with Washington, why is it that a virtual blackout exists on the documenting of incumbents showing their stuff at these coffer-fattening events?
Continue ReadingThese images aren't just random and they aren't just artifacts. They are testaments and they bear witness.
Continue ReadingWhat I wonder is if the photo is going for too much drama when depression is actually more cripplingly everyday.
Continue ReadingA story too important to be left to the paparazzi.
Continue ReadingThe visual fallout of a GOP race that is so weak, so interminable and so flush with cash to smear-and-repeat.
Continue ReadingBlack, Asian, what's the difference ... as long as it moves magazines.
Continue ReadingTo be fair, although MSNBC producers did not bother to schedule any women pundits for this particular discussion, they did include the pink symbol for “female” as a badge of gender equity in their title graphic.
Continue ReadingWell, it's true Obama and Bush also apply public faces, but both men have more capacity for responding to warmth and attention than Romney does.
Continue ReadingAfghan landscape meets global war on terror meets ... John Bonham?
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