Hint, Hint: "W" Still Relevant. (Bush and Gordon Brown meet for first time at Yellowstone Park. Oops, I mean, Camp David.
Continue ReadingThe images of Iraqi celebration following their soccer team’s Asian Cup success look suspiciously similar to the photos following the ‘toppling’ of Saddam’s statue in 2003 - the euphoria concealing the substance of a misguided war and occupation. The problem, as usual, is that the effort is all circus...
Continue ReadingI imagine there have been plenty of opportunities to capture Rove in a similar hue. If so, why is this aglow now?
Continue ReadingNothing against oil and camels, but this Anita Kunz New Yorker cover seems to have a bit more bite than the last one we pulled apart.
Continue ReadingThe President seems to be looking for just about anything these days to prop himself up.
Continue ReadingCheck out the military hardware in the White House photo-op at the Charleston Air Force Base on Tuesday as compared with the TIME cover that hit the newsstand at almost the same time.
Continue ReadingIn an update on Rupert Murdoch's stalking of the Wall Street Journal (... you have seen the Moyers video, right?), the Times brilliantly serves up Koala Kong by way of the Journal's signature HeadCut portrait illustration technique.
Continue ReadingWith the chance to witness the Democratic candidates literally looking up to, and listening to everyday Americans -- that connection fueling a good deal of emotion and spontaneity within the group -- it would be hard to call it a bad night.
Continue ReadingIf you never came across George Packer's article in the New Yorker back in March (Betrayed: The Iraqis who trusted America the most), it's a must read. The piece chronicles the tortuous fate of various Iraqi nationals who gave, then lost everything for their duty inside the Green Zone. ...
Continue ReadingIn the clip I captured, thankfully without sound, you first see a technician memorializing himself in this Bush hail mary. Even better, however, is the view of the start-stop-and start-again Washington traffic out of the window.
Continue ReadingHaving raised a large bulk of funds from small donations, there is no reason the Obama campaign shouldn't feel good about it, and claim credit for grass roots popularity. But the Times -- in the same way it consistently doubts John Edwards' concern for poverty -- somehow feels the...
Continue ReadingThis picture was taken at Ft. Benning, Georgia on January 11th, the day after President Bush announced his plan for the “surge” and while meeting with military personnel and their families. The striking visual argument stands in stark contrast to the president’s mantra that “I didn’t want to be...
Continue ReadingAfter yesterday, it seems that New York has its own visual genus for physical cataclysm. Not that In a city that takes nothing for granted anymore, the first It was strange being in New York yesterday, where I'm spending the last month of my sabbatical year. On a day...
Continue ReadingIt's almost 9 AM in New York and I just flipped on C-SPAN 2's coverage of the Iraq debate. I keep wondering if Lindsey Graham -- who is struggling to keep his eyes open -- will actually keel over from exhaustion in the middle of his speech. So much...
Continue ReadingWith John Edwards in New Orleans for an extended trip, the NYT hits him pretty hard.
Continue ReadingHas the employment of heavy-handed photos recently enhanced White House scare tactics about a post-occupation Iraq? ...And, as a parallel issue, how valid is the automatic assumption that a U.S. presence is keeping Iraq "more stable," and that withdrawal would necessarily make things (even) worse?
Continue Readingpeople have almost a religious reverence for Apple products. For example, just search on Apple unboxing and see how many people document the unveiling of the particular item. Office Space -- scene at the end. In general, people are so sick of technology that they willfully enjoy the act...
Continue ReadingI was waiting for the first good visual exposition of the White House briefing room turned broadcast stage.
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