Eating Our Lunch
I'm only wondering why it took so long for the Dems to turn the laser beam -- given the gaping absence of competition -- on the fat, happy and defiant health insurance industry. Props to Move On. You go, Heather Graham!
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Ref O rm
What the photos have to say (besides: welcome to Summer '08!) is that "O" has his whole head in the health care battle.
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Volker and the White House: Not Too Big To Flail
Poor man (and poor us). Actually pitching a truly progressive idea to put the banks back in their box -- in other words, "change we can believe in" -- instead Volker sits before the President looking like he's been spat on.
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Carry Me Away (at 5 and 11, and 24/7)
I must be the last person in the country to touch the "balloon boy" story, but I thought it was beautiful....
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Afghanistan Reboot: Kerrying the Day
Really, is anybody thinking about how this looks -- with John Kerry leading the Afghanistan re-boot?
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Citi: Taking a Flier
You think Citi or Wells Fargo even paid for the ink to print out the little sign?
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Your Turn: Mixing it Up with the Kids
What do you think about the shot on the left which Getty used to feature its editorial package on Obama's Maryland school visit?
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Mortgage Abuse and a Public Option, Of Sorts
Hundreds of financial counselors with the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA) help homeowners process financial information during the 'Save The Dream' event October 16, 2009 at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California. Thousands of people lined up for the NACA Save the Dream event for assistance with...
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Afghanistan, in Aggregate
Similar photos from Afghanistan, featured the same day by TIME and The Economist, call out the extreme political situation in Afghanistan.
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My War. No, Your War. No…
McChrystal's face seems a perfect reflection of a country that draws in outsiders, then suffocates them.
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BWB
Left wing hostility to Obama seems on the rise, as evidenced by this Bush morph in the latest New Statesman.
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My Edit: Obama’s First Presidential Visit to New Orleans
These thumbnails represent my final edit on Obama's visit to New Orleans yesterday -- the first of his presidency.
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"I have clearly made a huge mistake and am sorry 2 those that are offended."
Does this photo of Meghan McCain posted on Twitter displaying ample cleavage mean anything at all?
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Facing Afghanistan
This image by photographer and friend of BAGnews Peter van Agtmael doesn't just bring into sharp focus the haplessness of the U.S. engagement, but crystallizes it and shouts it out.
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What Up: A Few GOP Heroes Steele Left Out
From the great and often proudly blasphemous artist and designer Mike Monteiro, we provide Michael Steele a little help with his GOP Heroes list.
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Latin Songs, page A16
Can progressives really expect the President -- even if his agenda looks like a ten course meal -- to get behind and push any one or two issues at a time beyond health care or Afghanistan, especially if they trip off alarms in the culture war?
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D.C.: Heavy Snowe
How big a deal was today's Senate Finance Committee vote? Getty quantifies it with this visual.
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