To the surprise of just about everyone now, however, what both sides are realizing, more so with each passing day, is how much each has skin in the game.
Continue ReadingCan you imagine the pill Obama's communications people must be trying to swallow right now as the jobs roadshow, slickly packaged in a populist narrative, comes in contact with the raw, real thing?
Continue ReadingWith Herman Cain rising in GOP polls, and Mr. Cain mostly keeping quiet (beyond that one boomerang) in the face of Perry's racist rock, I was interested in this photo outside an Irish pub in Milton, Georgia on Sunday.
Continue ReadingBased on the info available, I've got to agree with the wingers that Michelle's supposedly stealth trip to Target was a photo-op.
Continue Reading"Perhaps not remarkable, but telling, is how the protesters remain upbeat and positive, embracing idealism without irony." -- Alan Chin's latest "photo op-ed" from Zucotti Park.
Continue ReadingIf you can get past the saintly/insanely beautiful girl and her cleavage, what we've got here also is the latest law enforcement adjustment in the battle for Wall Street.
Continue ReadingIf you can avoid rolling your eyes, what you'll be able to see is the hip-shaking arrival of New York City's "first responders" to the utter collapse of economic justice.
Continue ReadingIn America's war on terrorism (given our Christian sensibilities), "cleanliness is next to godliness.”
Continue ReadingI am especially interested in this photo — and the opportunity for us to study it and think about it — since the Administration “predator-droned” Anwar al-Alwaki into the ground last Friday. (Yes, going forward, I recognize “predator drone” as a verb.) First, let’s consider the caption from TIME’s...
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