Obviously, these commercials are a complex mash of every seducing and agitating cultural hook they can metaphorically lay claim to.
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Continue ReadingFor the sake of the gun debate, our political culture and ultimately, ourselves, I'm trying to understand whether and how Gabby's testimony makes a difference.
Continue ReadingYesterday's scene from that Aleppo canal.
Continue ReadingIf the Democrats are looking for someone for African-Americans and other minority groups to get excited about, it's hard to see things going Biden's way.
Continue ReadingAt anti-abortion rallies, it seems there is always a woman out front. But then??
Continue ReadingIf Gadsden is kicking his knee into the police dog’s throat, it’s very likely a defensive reaction
Continue ReadingSeeing fewer fetuses, and self-righteous and rageful statements, made me wonder if there might actually be a more rational tone strategically settling in to the movement.
Continue ReadingWhat's as interesting about the new Congressional demographics is the portrait of the American family.
Continue ReadingHow come this photo has been circulating so prominently with the story about the Moscow gay rights "kiss in"?
Continue ReadingAlthough Clinton takes politics, public policy, and diplomacy very seriously, these pictures suggest that when it comes to facing her critics, Hillary Clinton may, indeed, get the last laugh.
Continue ReadingThere's a universe of difference now between the content and context of the image on the ground and what happens once swept up into the media and social media sphere. That is why the French military freaked out when it saw Mr. Call of Duty.
Continue ReadingThis raises suspicions from early on.
Continue ReadingThe right wing meme circulating about the Obama is that the President, untouchable, is finally showing his true liberal colors. Maybe there's some of that. But perhaps what these pictures demonstrate is something more basic.
Continue ReadingWith all the hope and emphasis on a progressive agenda yesterday, these two photos — one from an inaugural ball last night and the other from a Washington CityPaper slideshow from the edges of the inauguration — suggest the size of the gap between haves and have nots, and...
Continue ReadingComing through in scene after scene since his reelection is a more self-assured and more comfortable Obama, also mindful, as well, that he's living history. Here are a few of my thoughts and screen grabs.
Continue ReadingNow that the Congressional tussle over the Hurricane Sandy relief fund has subsided, the nation can return to the important work of capitalizing on the disaster.
Continue ReadingIt's all part of the theme of Obama II, which is: firmly in power.
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