In a brilliant if subtle move, Michelle Obama uses her official White House portrait to juxtapose herself, as First Lady, with slave-owning Thomas Jefferson.
Continue ReadingLooking at the first photos of Obama as C.I.C., in front of a large audience of soldiers at Camp Lejeune, the question, from a media standpoint, is: how well did he wear?
Continue ReadingThe administration plans to shift 17,000 troops to Afghanistan and leave 35 - 50,ooo troops in Iraq? Tell him to his face.
Continue ReadingI enjoy the tilt-shift technique. Still, I'm wondering about the dynamics here, in this State of the Union photo by Brooks Kraft for the TIME White House photo site.
Continue ReadingConsider these two "State of the Union" photos, and particularly, their implications for the difference between Obama and Bush.
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Continue ReadingLine of job seekers snakes around the Whitcomb Hotel as they wait to enter the California Job Journal HIREvent Feb. 10, in San Francisco, Calif.
Continue ReadingThere's a lot of buzz leading up to Obama's address to Congress tonight about how much to dial up or down the distress. As the emotional antithesis of Bush, I trust Obama not to play with our heads.
Continue ReadingI'm still waiting to see some video of the audience participation portion of the Fiscal Responsibility Summit. If this photo of the 3 Amigos is representative of the overall vibe, however, action in D.C. this week is remaining true to form.
Continue ReadingThe photo on the cover of the March Portfolio is from a cache of Madoff portraits just discovered from a ten-year-old photo shoot. I had several strong and immediate associations to this image.
Continue ReadingWhat stands out is how much the Mumbai slum residents, under the observation of photographers and journalists, become "feel good" actors again as they share this engaging moment watching the Academy Awards on T.V.
Continue ReadingEqually recognized for his theatrics, his blind fiscal conservatism and his presidential ambitions, last week Governor Mark Sanford galloped onto the national stage by threatening to reject $2.8 billion in federal stimulus dollars for S.... Last February, Jim Morrill at Standard.Net offered this background on the Gov when Sanford...
Continue ReadingAs the visual MSM starts to finally absorb the meltdown, this Newsweek slideshow, titled "What About Us?", takes various angles on the pain -- including the foodstuff of hard times and the increased role of demon alcohol.
Continue ReadingAlthough the crash explodes in an instant, it was developing well before: when people weren’t paying attention, when merely adequate brakes were installed, or barely adequate regulations enacted.... Emily Dickinson said it best: Ruin is formal — Devil’s work Consecutive and slow – Fail in an instant, no man...
Continue ReadingWell obviously the NY Post cartoon that kills the monkey for writing the stimulus bill is thoroughly racist, taking direct aim at Obama. Here's my analysis.
Continue ReadingNow that Rove has discovered Twitter and (perhaps the aptly named) Twitpics, he can self-promote in a whole new way.
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