The Downloadable Gun
It looks like a disassembled staple gun. Benign. Until you look at the videos.
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Cleveland: An American Hero
The man who freed the three Ohio women from his neighbor's house has become a sensation on the internet, mostly so that people can laugh at him.
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9/11: Belated Crime Scene
Is it just me, or do others think investigating just an old airplane part found blocks from Ground Zero really demands clothing that prevents contamination?
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Jew in a Box
So when the base of the box in which the person sits says “Are there still Jews in Germany?', maybe an automatic response would be to addend a "why" to the start of the sentence.
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The School Turnaround Dance
The lead image in the slideshow captures the hostile danse ballet of what American schools have become.
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Before and Before That: Alexandra Boulat and the Iraq War Ten Year Anniversary
Because Boulat died in 2007, I'm curious what her reaction would be to the compare-and-contrast of Baghdad now and Baghdad as we broke it.
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Our Political Pics of the Week: Frogs Legs, Defensive Posture, Whole Lotta Sequestration Going On
What is it with being able to speak a foreign language?
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What's Really Terrifying About N. Korea Attack Video (Or: Smile, You're on Canon Camera)
How do you scare the world power system? Not through the threat of bombing Manhattan. No, you threaten to steal their stuff.
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Immigration (Through the Conservative Windshield)
What does the GOP see when they consider immigration?
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Should We Stay or Should We Go?
For those tracking GOP positions on whether or not to leave troops in Afghanistan, watch this space.
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Best of the Bag, 2012: The Campaign Silly Season, Self-Inflicted and Imposed
Although much of it was self-inflicted, the Romney/Ryan campaign didn't get a lot of visual respect during the presidential campaign. Bag takes a look at some of the visual low lights in 2012 GOP campaign politics.
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Best Photos of 2012 and Why: The Election and "Otherness"
During the holiday break, Bag is noting the notable: the most interesting shots in the many 2012 Picture of the Year galleries. The photo in this post came from The Vancouver Sun's Top photos from the year shot by Getty Images photographers around the world.
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Best of the Bag 2012: Instagram, Twitpics, and the Immediacy of Now
Social media amplifies the change wrought by the advent of the cell phone camera: any reporter, photographer, any government, any person can post photos of events immediately after they happen for whatever purpose. Of course, Bag will look at that purpose and did so for our collection of social...
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Best of the Bag 2012: Visual Skirmishes in the War on Women
As the battle over reproductive rights played out in state houses across the country, in 2012 BagNews saw women portrayed through the lens of familiar memes: the seductress, the sex object, the subjective submissive, the second fiddle. As usual, we explored these portrayals whenever they caught our eye.
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Best Photos of 2012 and Why: From Holmes to Newtown
During the holiday break, Bag is noting the notable: the most interesting shots in the many 2012 Picture of the Year galleries.
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Petraeus: Partying on a Nickel
The point of the photos here is that many senior officers and their wives are awed by the people they suddenly hang out with, people they're not accustomed to calling friends.
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