For a gesture that fleetingly alludes to the insanity that is Washington, this is epic.
Continue ReadingWith Obama, I think that there’s a very high degree of genuineness, and I think that there’s also a very high degree of manipulation and staging and self-consciousness.
Continue ReadingIs it perverse to say West, worthy of our concern, care, questions and support, was the victim of unfortunate timing?
Continue ReadingWhat's ironic is how the Bangladeshi's employed the very fabrics they use to produce those West European and American brands to try and rescue survivors.
Continue ReadingWhat's more interesting about the retrospective photos of Bush by Eric Draper is how defensive they are.
Continue ReadingThis photo set off a lot of questions in my mind about terror attacks, physical memorials, the scale of the aggression and also where it occurred. One thing I’m wondering is if there would have been the same intensity of grief and public commemoration if last week’s bombing had...
Continue ReadingWith all the upset over graphic photos, I've been looking forward to the magazine covers to bring perspective and eloquence to the Boston Marathon attack.
Continue ReadingWould it surprise you to learn I couldn't find the full image it in any version published in the traditional American media?
Continue ReadingRacism and racial stereotypes being so grounded in our culture, I was lost for meaning when I first saw this.
Continue ReadingIt seemed clear to me that the city of Boston and Boston PD took quite a bit of pride (not to mention, enormous effort) in capturing the junior Tsarnaev alive.
Continue ReadingInside the police perimeter on Franklin Street it was hushed and quiet, with only the sound of generators powering the metal halide arc lights and a flight of bats rustling tree branches on what would return soon to simply a chilly spring night.
Continue ReadingWhy would anybody have any question about the scenes in Watertown? There was a terrorist on the loose, one who had physically and emotionally maimed the city in the midst of one of its most cherished rituals. But in terms of scale, how much was shutting down the city...
Continue ReadingI was going to call it a "double message" -- which it is, but to do so would detract from the very earnest and heartfelt quality to this.
Continue ReadingWhile police hunt the remaining Boston Marathon suspect on the streets and Watertown, Massachusetts, our thoughts on the media's presentation of the real and imagined bombing suspects.
Continue ReadingThe gravity of the vote, and the trauma and deep losses that elicited it, stripped away any artifice of the political photo op.
Continue ReadingFirst I'm going to show you a select edit from the NASCAR race at the Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth this past Saturday. Then, I'm going to tell you what happened so you can look at the images again and see how horribly ironic they are.
Continue ReadingWhat takes me aback are how graphic the news photos are as compared to the almost total visual censorship of American war casualties over the past twelve years.
Continue ReadingWhile many are anticipating this was international terrorism (and sure, the facts might turn out that way), what this already widely-published picture reflects is primarily an attack on the weekend (not the state) warrior.
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