Your Turn: I Look at Life from Booth Seats Now
Tim Fadek brings us this photo of biography pusher, Karl Rove, who -- in spite of the altitude -- has clearly stepped down a notch.
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Haiti: Strictly Bananas
The BAG takes a look at the visual and racial politics of a cluster of U.N. photos from Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake.
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Tea Party Begets Heat Party
Here's the photo the NYT ran of Greg Dement (yes, that's his last name) pushing the Tea Party-inspired, "right-of-the-NRA" movement to openly flaunt weapons in public places
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White House Optics: Ronnie’s Got My Back
White House Flickr photos: Why Ronnie? Why Now?
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Surge Update: Major U.S. Victory in … What Was That City, Again?
When is the fall of a strategic Afghan city, perhaps the most important of the war, not the fall of a strategic Afghan city? Maybe, when there's no there there?
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Health Care Update: The Death Panel
White House health care initiative coming on point as Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius delivers icy stare to health care CEO.
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Embolism in California
The fact that students would respond to the economic abuse by doing something this drastic is extremely powerful symbolism.
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(Revisiting) Chris Hondros on "The Hurt Locker"
I’ve been waiting for a truly great movie about the Iraq War. I know it’s still going on, but don’t think it’s impossible to ask for one. The issue is important to me, since like many journalists who have frequented Iraq I’ve often been frustrated by the public’s lack of...
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Not Exactly Your Married Middle-Class Woman from the Burbs with School Age Children and a Mini-Van
I can't look at the picture (perhaps, as a result of the panel) without instantly thinking: "soccer mom."
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Victory at Last?
Newsweek's latest cover -- declaring Mission Accomplished again in advance of the 2010 Iraq election -- seems designed to stir buzz more than anything else.
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Don’t Ask
This Capitol Hill photograph is a clever visual statement about the hypocrisy of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" as Congress considers repeal of the act.
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Heath Care: The End End End Game
Like that leftover crust of bread, this photo was shot following yesterday's White House speech in which Obama signaled the end of deliberations over health care reform.
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Take That, Jim Bunning!
Eager to take advantage of Jim Bunning and his GOP stonewall on extension of unemployment benefits, the White House had this picture up on their Flickr site yesterday within hours of the legislation being passed.
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From the Land of the Poppies
Because American troops don't trust the Afghan police farther than they can throw them (1, 2) and because the Afghan cops are notorious for drug abuse and other nefarious behavior, I found this photo almost hilarious.
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On the Ground in Chile: A Civilian’s View
It's curious to see where the public goes in documenting the massive earthquake in Chile
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Sen. Bunning’s Three Strikes: Party of "No," Privilege and Mean
I thought there were several frames in the Bunning FU/"the hell with unemployment benefits" video that set back the GOP weeks, if not months.
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Reuters Calling People Crooks Over … Toilet Paper??
How many times must we suffer through this same kind of character assassination by the media in criminalizing behavior that, under catastrophic circumstances, is normal and expectable.
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