If Trump's first foreign trip was successful in any way, it was only in its Groucho notes and the respite from the Russian tornado back home.
Continue ReadingPerhaps the most insidious impact of the attack on Manchester is the narrowing of western attention.
Continue ReadingOne the first leg of Trump’s first international trip, the Saudis completely outdid themselves patronizing the patronizable.
Continue ReadingLooking back at our Twitter feed this week, we were drawn to Trump's reality gap and the photographic embrace of every "not normal" telegraph.
Continue ReadingVisual evidence of Aleppo's horrors has not produced compassion fatigue but doubt in the ability to intervene. That is what the rescue photos demonstrate.
Continue ReadingSurprised Trump leaked secrets to the Russians? Well, in the photos that circulated most widely last week, it is hard to tell they had a meeting.
Continue ReadingWe were seeing scenes of clear ineptitude and stress from the White House this week, pictures of real political damage (and ammunition for opponents down the road).
Continue ReadingAbsurdly, the White House never saw a threat in the Russian Oval Office photos.
Continue ReadingThe rush to publish a combat photographer’s last photo led to a fundamental lack of context and a widespread, culturally tone-deaf photo editing failure.
Continue ReadingFrance, Trump, North Korea, the border. A picture’s worth a thousand questions.
Continue ReadingWhen Daniel Berehulak's Philippine drug war photos won a Pulitzer last month, what was also on my mind was how they related to the homefront.
Continue ReadingToo often, it's that simple thing right in front of your eyes that gets completely overlooked, even if it has plenty to say.
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