At the end of a very long week, I don't think anyone did a better job than the NYT's Stephen Crowley in a.) framing the scale of the oil crisis, especially in terms of man's ability to control nature.
Continue ReadingIn capturing an obviously uncharacteristic moment, the photo raises several questions, such as: Why not more confidence from the White House?
Continue ReadingAlan Chin in Louisiana covering the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Continue ReadingI'm interested in how you read this single photo the White House released of Obama's meeting/showdown with BP honcho, Tony Hayward, and other executives.
Continue ReadingThis portrait of BP America President Lamar McKay with that chin jutting out captures the arrogance of these executives during yesterday's House Energy and Commerce Committee with top oil CEOs.
Continue ReadingWe can look forward to the day when, according to the Pentagon, Afghanistan will become "'the Saudi Arabia of lithium.'" But that's the future, and the future could turn out otherwise. What is interesting for the moment is how the conversion of Afghanistan into a mineral extraction colony...
Continue ReadingIt's troubling to see the President militarize the oil spill. After telling an assembly of troops that "within weeks, some of you may find yourselves serving on a carrier deck in the Arabian Sea or working a busy flight line in Afghanistan," Obama couches the spill as...
Continue ReadingWith so many eyes on the soccer matches in South Africa, it's easy to either stereotype or simply ignore the World Cup host beyond the pitch. What James Nachtwey and the editors at National Geographic seek to convey is the diversity of the county in a single slideshow.
Continue ReadingAfter a mostly cerebral reaction to the oil blowout, Obama scores points on his fourth trip to the region, "rallying the troops" on the Mississippi shore.
Continue ReadingWith Obama scheduled to spend Monday and Tuesday in the Gulf, followed by a national address on Tuesday, I wanted to take a look at how the White House, as their own media machine, has been framing the crisis. One of the key visual outlets for the White House...
Continue ReadingIf the Administration has been quick to contest the significance of appearing aggressive when it comes to the oil crisis, it is indisputable that Obama -- even through the White White lens -- has come off looking passive and distant.
Continue ReadingA look at Barbara Boxer on the campaign trail at UC Riverside, given her Senate opponent's concern about her head.
Continue ReadingWhitman celebrated democratic athleticism, but we are further down the line now. Whatever the complexity of the world, Americans are turning war into an extreme sport.
Continue ReadingDavid Cameron could use someone to save him from his own narcissistic impulses -- especially his belief that he's one among equals when he gets around the troops.
Continue ReadingI'm usually pretty good at reading pictures, but I'm having trouble with this one.
Continue ReadingThis Visual Week in Review focuses on the female-powered mid-term primaries, the escalating anger over the oil blowout in the Gulf, the all-too-measured White House response, and the election's "winners-behind-the-winners."
Continue ReadingThe public's frustration over the oil disaster, coupled with the impotent response of the government and the "powers-that-be" only intensifies the feeling of horror and disconnection we feel in the face of AP photographer Joe Reidel's mummified birds, or the act, captured by EPA photographer Jim Lo Scalzo this...
Continue ReadingIf Republicans have their way, the crimson tide created by this photo opportunity will roll through California and onto the White House in 2012, with GOP operatives secretly asking themselves “what would Jesse do”?
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