Obama: That Man's Got No Rhythm
I just saw this photo of Obama on the Newsweek Tumblr site and had a few thoughts: 1. Is this racist? Does it relegate Obama to a stereotypical black depiction? (IE: if he’s not such an effective president, can we turn him into a musician?) 2. The pic is...
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Debt Ceiling: Obama Not Looking So Hot
Seems like a lot of downward gazes around the White House these days.
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Newsweek Cover: Can Palin's Breasts Win the Nomination?
With that headline and anchor text, Newsweek truly in Sarah's backyard.
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Danny Ghitis in Poland: Stealing From Auschwitz
Photographer Danny Ghitis analyzes the phenomenon of people stealing from the Auschwitz death camp museum.
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Betty Ford: A Socialist By Today's Standards
RIP Betty Ford. This picture from '75 is jarringly emblematic of a party that has since gone over to the "far right side."
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A Different Angle on the Shuttle Program
The dream, the image suggests, was to get just one pod through to some unknown egg. Humanity wouldn’t conquer anything, but if it was found by the right host, some version of the species could spread across the galaxy.
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U.S. Constitution: Amanpour, ABC Give Tea Party More Ammunition To Attack, "Not Understand"
And you wonder why the Tea Party has gained so much traction appealing to the general public over elitism.
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Hacked to Death: The Times Murdoch "News of the World" Cover
Forty-two years later, it's still about the pay-off.
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Casey Anthony Finally Captured…
I love this shot. It’s better than the photo of the defense lawyer shooting the bird.
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Brand Watch: POTUS Edition
Show me another President who has been better at identifying himself with trends and brands than 44.
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The Hacking Scandal: Shoe on the Other Foot
Given how Rebekah Brooks, the CEO of Rupert Murdoch's News International is caught at the center of a far-reaching hacking scandal, this photo is just about perfect.
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Your Turn: One of These Is Not Like the Others
Once again, we have a TIME cover tailored and tinkered with to supposedly better suit the American political climate.
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So Long, Goliath!
Sensing America has basically thrown in the towel in Afghanistan, visual media is already busy fleshing out the picture.
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Jim Estrin’s Fourth of July Photo
If we can step back for a moment from all the fingernail-on-the-chalkboard political and culture battling and backbiting, I'd like to admire Jim Estrin's photo on the front page of Tuesday's print NYT.
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Strauss-Kahn Perp Pix: A Second Look
At his arraignment hearing slipped into history, I felt sorry I didn't post this wonderful portrait of Dominique Strauss-Kahn sitting ruefully on that bench. For a more complex photo of what's turning out to be a more complex situation, however, I like this shot quite a bit.
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And then Came the Floods
A photo that puts this American disaster in a larger context.
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Misrata City Ordance
The power of the two viewers at this "street museum" is the recognition that the city itself has become a time bomb.
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Japan's Nuke Plant "Amusement" Centers: Hello Kitty Meets Alice in Wonderland
Things have come a long way since Reddy Kilowatt.
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