On Tuesday, it’s Us vs. the Mexicans
Tuesday countdown: McCain playing the "race in your face" card.
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Your Turn: Rand Paul Dressed for Success
When Rand Paul says "we have to do things differently" in Washington, he certainly looks like it.
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Carmine Galasso: Clerical Abuse Revisited
With the Vatican sexual abuse scandal prominently in the news, we revisit Carmine Galasso's fine images of clerical abuse documented in his book, Crosses. Besides discussing the back story behind particular portraits, we were also interested in an update on some of the people he profiled.
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I’m Pink as Hell and I’m Not Going to Take it Anymore
If David Nagel is now BP's executive VP in charge of dodging slings and arrows, and he's rapidly losing friends and looking lonely in a crowd, that's why he gets paid the big bucks.
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Cameron, the Right Wing (and Virility) is in!
From a political, a "mojo" AND a PR standpoint, the Brits have just taken a great leap.
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Non-Explosions in Times Square and Afghanistan
Two quite different photos inadvertently expose habitual gaps in public understanding of the terror war.
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Kagan Fits the Obama Mold
Obama's second Supreme Court nominee fits the "pragmatist" model that the President, himself, has become well known for.
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BP/Gulf Coast: Now It’s Getting Ugly
It's one thing to be read about the impact of something you can't directly see. Having an actual picture changes everything. As the photos from the Gulf shift from pictures of concern and gestures of prevention to portraits of actual fallout - the signature image being the...
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The Supremely Gay Card
After CBS provides a forum for a right-wing cultural attack on Obama's Supreme Court new nominee, WAPO puts its own spin on an otherwise affirming, even celebratory photo.
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Americans March on Red Square
History made in Moscow this VE Day. The Americans are coming! The Americans are coming!
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GOP Does Job on Itself
While the GOP turns out tasteless attack ads less reminiscent of Washington than the tawdry productions coming out of the San Fernando Valley, you have to wonder what happened to the party that originally brought us the "Moral Majority."
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"Hearts and Minds" Forty Years Later
The photograph above shows a news story that doesn’t appear to have been told in the national media, notwithstanding a “sobering,” but little noted Pentagon report last week that indicated an active and growing insurgency and an Afghan government with “limited credibility.” On the other hand, it also notes...
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War, PTSD, Soldiers, and Prison
Two recent stories have surfaced – one from either side of the Atlantic – which illustrate two common scenarios for men and women returning from service in war or conflict. The first is clinical depression in the form of PTSD; the second is clinical depression in the form of...
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Visual Week in Review: Damage Control
The BagNews Visual Week in Review looks at the political week in photos. This week, "the damage" extended from Louisiana and the Gulf, to Times Square, to the British election.
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Rian Dundon in Bangkok, Thailand, covering Red Shirt protests.
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Pray for the Almighty (and Ridiculously Photogenic) Dome
.... U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Mary Landry used two words repeatedly today 'manage expectations'. "I know we are all hoping that this containment system will work. But, I want to remind everybody that this containment system is a first of its kind deployed in 5 thousand feet of...
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Your Turn: Facebook Terrorist
We're interested in your take on the photos of the attempted Times Square bomber.
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