Olympic 2012 Logo: What Is It
I wanted to weigh in on the controversy raging about the new London 2012 Olympic logo. I think a large part of the problem is that people are looking at it as a static element, whereas the intent of it is to actually float, fill and/or move.
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Eating It's Young. Falling On Sword. Whatever, Pace Is Gone.
The reason Joint Chief of Staff Peter Pace is out -- in just two pictures.
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On The Latest Episode Of "As The White House Turns" : The Would-Be Diplomat Vs. The Wannabe-Dictator
The answer is, six of one, and half-a-dozen of the other (with whatever extra b.s. Cheney is still managing to get away with).... It's not that these two don't still have plenty of time to screw things up worse, and continue playing fools across multiple estates.... First, it cites...
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If Climate Change Politics Keeps Up This Face, We're All Going To Burn
Props to ThinkProgress for observing how the U.S. media was completely steamrollered last week by the Administration's "non-shift" on climate change. Now, regarding this morning's G-8 preview, could someone please a search party to LA Times H.Q. to look for some backbone?
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The Hillary Code – An Update
My take was that, as the campaign grew more adversarial, a negative visual stereotype would emerge involving Hillary Clinton's profile.... And it can float the suggestion that she's got a hidden side and an inside, duplicitous agenda."... In elaborating on the portrait, however, one reader caught an attribute that...
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The BAG's Nominee For This Month's War Infotainment Award
Okay, I've got my nominee for this month's War Infotainment Award.
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Morning-After Report: The 1 Picture, 6.05 Candidate, 8 Person Democratic Debate
Because a picture is worth a thousand words; the NYT lead photo is always a definitive statement on these things; and CNN did most of the damage with its handicapping arrangement of the candidates, here's what we've got on last night's New Hampshire Democratic debate.
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"Iwo Jima? Uh Oh!"
A couple weeks ago, John Lucaites joined our discussion thread about a photo I posted from Greensburg, Kansas. John, along with Robert Hariman, are co-authors of the newly released No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy. Their book, and their theoretical approach to iconic photos,...
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Looking For Cover As Warming-Mania Sprouts
I was just thinking about the season's hot new (spin) color.
Continue ReadingWill Ferrell Shows Bush The Greenhouse
Nobody does George Bush better than Will Ferrell. (Watch out for the frisbee.)
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Al's Big Room, Nancy's Glacier, And All That Green Cred
Yeah, Gore is happening right now, and I'm interested in your take on Steve Pyke's photo. What I'm particularly interested in, however, is the growing buzz around eco-politics. As usual, I'm thinking about "the look of it" with the attendant rewards and pitfalls.
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