In fact, the only reason I can show you Alberto in the desert dust is because, after scouring, this little media pic showed up ... from Iran.
Continue ReadingI reprise my favorite shot of Bush's architect. It's not just for the photo, however, but the whole assemblage. This almost two-year-old goody appeared in the NYT at the front-end of the Libby imbroglio. It's hard not to view it without conjuring all those shots of Rove looking at...
Continue ReadingOne of the summer's better theatrical productions has been staged by those dramatalurgical folks at the White House. Wanting to avoid any extraneous wartime slings and arrows, especially after the U.S. and Iraqi governments went on vacation, they recast the visit of various foreign heads of state as a...
Continue ReadingThis past week in Bettendorf, Iowa, Mitt Romney --the “family values” candidate who looks like Ward Cleaver -- was asked whether any of his five sons had served in the military or were planning on enlisting to fight the "war on terror."
Continue ReadingApparently, the British -- following America's lead -- are rejecting the asylum requests of 91 Iraqi interpreters. I'm not sure why this subject is producing such emotive imagery, but it is. The visual poignancy only drives the neglect that much deeper.
Continue ReadingI can only imagine (and now, can't stop worrying about) what's coming from the other side.... Interesting, there's not a New Orleanean in sight, but put this window in front of me, stick me way down here, and suddenly I'm feeling like one.... I've got to get up over...
Continue ReadingBecause we've built up some visual expertise on the subjects of gender stereotyping and sexual politics, I'm interested in your take on this Economist cover.
Continue ReadingOne way to look at YearlyKos '07 is as a candidate authenticity test. (I wish I had a business class upgrade for every time one of them finish a comment with: "Sorry, but that's what I believe.")
Continue ReadingWhat we see is a thoroughly fragmented Iraq, a world of disconnected moments in space and time; although we clearly see what is there, it is hard to know what it might mean. We have no sense of context outside the vehicle and no basis for response to what...
Continue ReadingBecause I seem to have lost a night of sleep somewhere over the past three days, and because I need to get used to blogging again on the PM schedule -- and, oh yeah, I'm moving tomorrow, I might be a little inconsistent over the next few days.
Continue ReadingMy sense from watching him closely is that Edwards is in a lot of pain.
Continue ReadingAt first, I was frustrated about my position on the extreme right flank. What it afforded, though, was a view of the candidates where they were, otherwise, more out of view.
Continue ReadingAlthough it's fantastically late, I couldn't collapse before fling this report from today's YearlyKos candidate forum (or, what I characterize as the realYouTube debate -- except with live people and minus the static of CNN.)
Continue ReadingA couple of items from Friday's YearlyKos: From Sidney Blumenthal: I was riding with my son yesterday in the car and he said: "We're building bridges in Iraq so we don't have to build them over here."
Continue ReadingI had a mishap this morning with my current machine which left it badly limping. Thankfully, in my years worth of possession, I had my old PowerBook which, although -- after a dash to the AppleStore for a power cord -- is now keeping me on the air.... (Although...
Continue ReadingSince I'm headed to Chicago this morning, I have a particularly keen interest in how the media, and especially, the Times, will be visualizing YK '07.
Continue ReadingOn one hand, it's just about a junk-and-salvage yard. But what opens up -- between these images and the simple compassion of its undertaker -- is the gaping hole between stupid neocon fantasy and a monumental short-changing.
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