The problem with the Obama OBL Romney attack video is that it manages to confuse us with two different images of Obama, one the high-minded statesman and the other, a (yes, more Clinton-like) Machiavellian operator whose motivation in eliminating bin Laden was all too political.
Continue ReadingForeign Policy quickly went viral last week, illustrating the public’s appetite for serious coverage of global gender issues. Ironically, the visuals that graced the cover and accompanied the essay suggest that FP’s editors thought they needed to appeal to a different appetite in order to sell their magazine.
Continue ReadingIf I had to boil the power bacchanal down to one photograph, it's this one.
Continue ReadingI can't look at the Shuttle seeming to thread its way in and among the New York cityscape without recalling other scenes burned into my psyche.
Continue ReadingOh, did I mention the thrust of the words accompanying this fine Getty portraiture involved Ryan's rebuttal to Catholic critics who take issue with slicing up what's left of the safety net?
Continue ReadingThis extended digression into the slime of Campaign '08 is inspired by the sight of President Obama warmly shaking the hands of a Muslim woman at the University of Colorado.
Continue ReadingNow that we know these guys happen to also be red-blooded American men, it's easy to imagine they're looking forward here to some downtime in Cartagena.
Continue ReadingI look at them closely and feel glad neither of them are forced to be mothers at a young age.
Continue ReadingOn a practical level, it might make perfect sense that Zimmerman's wife and family remain nowhere to be seen. However, it's hard not to draw inferences.
Continue ReadingAt the end of the day, what Obama achieves from this brilliant White House rendition is not just a reference to Rosa and history books but a reference -- even more recently and historically -- to himself.
Continue ReadingIn Syria, the couple who caused the carnage cram cartons of food aid for the victims of fighting in Homs.
Continue ReadingGood news, ladies. Tired of being on the front lines in the War on Women? Newsweek just announced that what women really want to do is “surrender.”
Continue ReadingBefore The LA Times takes too much credit for putting forth two images (out of eighteen) of U.S. troops posing with body parts of Afghan suicide bombers, let's note that the only overt suicide bomber photo is hard to even make out.
Continue ReadingWhat I find most stunning about this photo of a 12-year-old in his cell at the Harrison County Juvenile Detention Center in Mississippi is that the window has been boarded up from the outside.
Continue ReadingIf Hillary's the epitome of cool right now, the question is, why?
Continue ReadingRegarding the strict control over what wire photos get taken and moved, are we seeing a policy shift or are officials just distracted in the transition from one Kim to another?
Continue ReadingBelieve it or not, there is actually a subtlety built into this photo of Breivik doing his sensational fascistic pose.
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