The "O’Donnell Zone"
Chris Coons for Senate No way was I willing to believe Christine, but now that Chris Coons, her (non-warlock) Democratic Senate opponent has confirmed it, I believe it. I believe it. Just wish I could tell what that braniac mouse was reading. (…But then, maybe it’s not a mouse,...
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John Moore’s Detention Photos: We Just Lost
Love the war or hate the war, drawing us into the body of that soldier and then having us consider that image through his eyes is just crushing.
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How to Read a War Carpet
Here's how you read the war carpet in its original form....
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Just Telling You Up Front, This Attack Ad Is NOT About Barney Frank Being Homosexual
Looking at this picture, are you telling me this soon-to-be-launched web ad attacking Barney Frank has nothing to do with Rep. Frank being gay?
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Fringe Attacks Coming Back to Haunt the Right?
If these people are so radical about their pro-life stance that they would let a mother die before sacrificing a fetus, or they would force a woman to bear a child conceived out of rape or incest, then this imagery is mostly a projection of their own blind...
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Your Turn: White County Tea Party
I'm wondering how much the name of the Cosgray family's beloved County contributed to the smiles.
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Bad Angle. (Or: If They Did Look Asian, Who Would Even Know?)
The next-most-egregious thing about Sharron Angle's appearance before the Hispanic Student Union at Rancho High School of Friday? Beyond the racism is how much Angle, along with her other unqualified Tea Party brothers and sisters -- have been able to operate largely clear of media scrutiny.
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Afghanistan Coverage: I Think We Can Do Better
Today the New York Times reported on a “critical assault” against the Taliban in Afghanistan. There were no photographs in the print edition, and the web version featured only the US commander. I think we can do better. This photograph was taken recently in Kandahar, although not during the...
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Tea Party's Enforcement Arm
What is compelling about the picture is how much it fits with the far-right inclination, laced through its hostile rhetoric, to "take the law" into its own hands.
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Mike Kamber: Military Censorship — (Update: Winner of POYi Award of Excellence)
Reading the Pictures is pleased to offer this exclusive audio slideshow featuring an interview with Michael Kamber, contract war photographer for the New York Times, and a focused look at the issue of military censorship, including photos he's insisted on being seen.
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Beyond Left and Right
Gallo/Getty Images The thrust of this photo illustrating an al-Jazeera mid-term election primer? 1. Although the Tea Party (see: Betsy Ross flag and angry middle class white guy) has banked more than its share of credit for focusing voter frustration, the anger is widespread (especially with all the stealth...
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Jeremy Lange's "War At Home": Individual Wars
Jeremy Lange's fourth post from the War At Home: The individual experiences of war.
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White House Flickr: Wattage You Say?
What with Obama turning on the juice to turn out the mid-term vote, campaign narrative or not, it looks like his team is looking for every and any bit of wattage right now.
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Visual Week in Review: Milking a Gold Mine
In visual politics this week, the White House was already putting on a new face, mid-term candidates were looking ready and rough, the big rescue in Chile represented its own gold mine and Condi Rice resurfaced as the picture of innocence.
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Your Turn: McMahon, Gender Politics (and More?)
Is the Times culpable for focusing strictly on gender politics with a photo shot in a Spanish supermarket?
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Chile Rescue: Crowning Achievement
What makes the photos of the Chilean mine rescue so visceral and primal is how much the rescue capsule evokes the emergence of life through the birth canal.
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Bart, Banksy, the Cultural Industrial Complex
Why is it that cartoonists, artists, and comedians are offering more insightful commentary on the American life than cable and network news? Or is Banksy’s self-parodying Simpsons opening more a comment on the American psyche? Your turn…..
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Hostage Crisis?
Maybe it was Paladino's nervous mannerisms, his reference to "brainwashing," the hovering religious fundamentalists, or his frequent inability to look up from the "script" handed him, but "captive" was a word that came to mind while watching the Paladino speech at Karlsburg Rabbinical College in Brooklyn Sunday.
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