It is not like corporations don't pummel citizens everyday. The difference is that there are no pictures.
Continue ReadingAs easily as one sees a parallel between the Obama and Trump situation room photos, the comparison -- like most things Trump under closer inspection -- starts to unravel.
Continue ReadingApril is the cruelest month? Capitol Hill meets Blue Velvet? Even before the U.S. missile strike on Thursday night, the photos of the week had an unsettling edge.
Continue ReadingMelania Trump, and a White House visual convention.
Continue ReadingIt's a cold practice "dropping" this still-wrenching material this way. These images, like so many others rushed through the news stream, deserve more.
Continue ReadingHow do we come to terms with the Mosul bombing, and a suddenly poisonous and reviled United States of America?
Continue ReadingThe question is about how familiar Americans are with Russia. And it's about the burden placed on news photos.
Continue ReadingLooking back at the GOP's health care collapse, the president's trucker photo op defined the week.
Continue ReadingSimply put, you don't want to be photo bombed, or any other kind of bombed by North Korea.
Continue ReadingIt's so much easier for the media to do its pandering, or throw a bone, in the style section.
Continue ReadingTwo months into the Trump era, edges are harder and surfaces are rougher. If green reflected the Obama period, paint today red.
Continue ReadingIf anything, the photo album brings Trump's guardedness, and the quality and amount of White House visual disclosure, into greater relief.
Continue ReadingA friend of mine asked if I had noticed the difference on Twitter between the Obama and the Trump White House profile images.
Continue ReadingI have a hard time giving board room gender reform anywhere near the same importance as the pillaging of the EPA, HUD or the Department of Education.
Continue ReadingTrump received wide praise for his performance last night addressing a joint session of Congress. The problem is, that's mostly what it was.
Continue ReadingThe big question, after this impressive fail, is whether topsy-turvy is running away with us.
Continue ReadingAmidst the town hall jigs, the climate change la de da and Trump's Ali shuffle, don't miss the Day Without Immigrants pirouette.
Continue ReadingGiven the media blackout on children of the president, how far can we go in analyzing this now acclaimed piece of journalism?
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