March 2012 - Page 3 of 3 - Reading The Pictures

Culture Focus Photo March 9, 2012

Female Legislators Walk: If A Tree Falls in a (Male) Forest

Let's not forget the scene from still another angle, which involves all those women witnessing the abuse play out from the gallery, proverbial and otherwise.

Disaster Focus Photo March 8, 2012

Pictures After the Tornados: A Meditation on Things Lost—and Found

That the tornado could destroy everything but the stoop is an indication of its power, to be sure, but it's also an indication of its limitations.

President Obama Photo March 7, 2012

They Think the Obama, Harvard, Derrick Bell Video Makes the President Look Bad? Look Again.

If you watch and listen to the video of Harvard Law student Barack Obama speaking up for the outspoken professor, it's not completely without consequences. The net, however, is that it's actually flattering to Obama, and here's why.

Media Focus Photo

Time Covers: Syria Lost in the Mix

Doesn't seem like the smartest idea.

Campaign '12 Photo

Super Tuesday Results in Pictures (via the Infamous Red Pen)

Via The Bag's infamous red pen, we bring you an annotated snapshot of Super Tuesday with our own order of finish.

Occupy Wall Street Photo March 6, 2012

Occupy and the Visual Media: Bring in the Clowns?

Inspecting these two photos documenting the F29 Zuccotti Park action, it's hard to come to a different conclusion than the movement (and specifically here, the crackdown on the movement) is serving as an amusement.

Campaign '12 Photo March 5, 2012

The Ongoing Saga of Romney and the Proletariat

What does stand out about the image is the way you could draw a line right through the middle of it -- clock punchers above and Romney below -- and have another nice portrait of two Americas.

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The New Yorker Romney/Ricky "Dog on the Roof" Cover – Why it's Burning More Rubber Right Now

Why it's deadly RIGHT THIS MINUTE, however, is because of "the new Romney" product model being rolled out this morning with the hopes of pitching a warmer and fuzzy Mitt.

International Focus Photo

Iran: The Harsh Light of Western Exposure?

I'm wondering how much this treatment repurposes the photo to frame Iran as a pariah state, alluding to a day of reckoning that casts a rope around the state overall more so than the treatment and fate of individual citizens.

Philip Perdue Photo March 3, 2012

The Abbottabad Landscape: Disappearing bin Laden

The absence of bin Laden’s lair sends a clear signal that yes, the man himself is really, truly gone.

Culture Focus Photo

How Limbaugh Engages Women on his Best Day

Taking the most favorable "data" available, Limbaugh's engagement with women is a lot less about common ground than about achievement and possession.

Campaign '12 Photo March 1, 2012

An Obama, UAW, "Apple Geek" Mitt Hit squad?? : The Latest Romney Vid

I'm wondering if what we're seeing here is the Romney campaign testing whether they can get away with trafficking in violent suggestions and racist stereotypes without being challenged?

Originals Photo

Beyond Baptism, Jim Lo Scalzo's Baltimore Photo Reaches all the Way to Birmingham

As a slice of contemporary culture, Jim's photo is awash in elegance. As its subtlety calls to history, the photo speaks that much more deeply to regeneration and the affirmation of faith.