DNC Rules Committee Showdown: Picturing The End
Let's see. What words came to mind describing the behavior of Harold Ickes today during the DNC Rules Committee meeting? Vituperative? Pernicious? Mercenary? His foul-mouthed rant preceding the committee's Michigan vote wasn't just embarrassing, but a vicious attack on his fellow committee members and the democratic process.
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Your Turn: Stereotypes From The White Corporate Media – Part 2
More questions about race and the latest Newsweek. On Tuesday, I had my say about the lead image to the cover story, a pair of black hands on the presidential seal illustrating a presumptuous letter to Obama on how to frame race in the general election. Part two --...
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Hillary's Rushmore
My hope, in anticipation of Saturday's crucial DNC rules committee meeting, is that Hillary approached this Mt. Rushmore photo with more irony than presumption.
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McClellan's Cover
I have a few points and a few questions about the cover of Scott McClelland's Bush attack tome.
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New Hope On The Uniter/Divider Front?
What is significant about this otherwise "elementary" photo-op is the way Obama -- in contrast to Bush/McCain -- continues to model a fundamentally different attitude and approach to hate, to conflict, to "the other."
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The Latest Thoroughly Relevant Post From The BAG Archives – #2. (Or, Scotty's Revenge)
With news that long-time aide and Press Secretary Scott McClellan has used his memoir to rip Bush a new one, this photo now makes complete sense.
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Stereotypes From The White Corporate Media: The Black Man Gets His Hands On The Presidency
Watch out when the author himself warns of stereotyping when the traditional media discusses race. That's how Evan Thomas begins Newsweek's "open letter" to Barack Obama over how to handle that issue in the general election.
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Nauseous
Sure, sure. I understand Memorial Day means an overflowing hopper-full of dueling photo ops with multiple generations of America's finest. That doesn't make me any less nauseous to see these emotionally manipulative newswire shots of McCain, however.
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Arlington West
The Los Angeles chapter of Veterans for Peace is just one of at least twenty groups around the country that has adopted the Arlington West concept. Every Sunday since February 15th, 2004, the group has erected one cross for each soldier killed in Iraq near the Santa Monica pier.
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Your Turn: Politics With A Personal Touch
So, what do you make of this front page trypich in this AM's NYT. I'm not just thinking about the content, but also the order/sequencing. (Not to draw too much attention to this one fact, by the way, but look at the prominence given to the secret service coverage...
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Killing The Electricity
Hillary's reference to Kennedy's assassination as a justification for her staying in the race is not just based on the fact that Kennedy fell so late in the political calendar. As the youthful radiance of this portrait suggests, Clinton sees Obama more as a phenomenon, one that could...
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Teddy, Hillary, Rummy And Puppy
Of the photos from Ted Kennedy's historic life and prodigious career, I found this one the most politically interesting. (And then, how often do you have something this good to read at every corner?)
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The First Post-American President?
What's your vote for the key element in the pic? Is it the flag pin -- BHO's newest fashion accessory and inoculation against swipes at his patriotism? Well, I would contend it's the copy of Fareed Zakaria's new book, The Post-American World.
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Primary Reflection From Harrisburg
I wanted to draw your attention to this very fine photograph by Larry Fink from a political photo gallery at VF. Fink shot this in Harrisburg while documenting last month's Clinton effort in the Pennsylvania primary. For myself, the photo speaks to the powerful bond between Hillary and the...
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The Unique Terms Of That Last Hurdle
This shot of Obama clearing a hurdle at the University of Oregon is a fitting analogy for the campaign.
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From Beichuan
For the past two months, BNN contributer Alan Chin has been in China. He just forwarded this link to a tragic series of images he shot for Newsweek in Beichuan and Dujiangyan.
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Your Turn: Rock 'n Roll
I'm a bit on the move today. I'll be back in the afternoon with a closer look at Obamamania (or I'll join you in the thread). In the meantime, feel free.
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The Dark Knight
Yesterday, I had the chance to say hello to Christopher Morris at the VII Seminar in NYC. (I'm hoping to do a couple of posts on the NY Photo Festival, as soon as I work off my sleep debt.) In particular, I'm interested in this Morris shot TIME used...
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