A Feast of Famine Pictures From Somalia … and What a Photo "Ought to Do"
Times’ Executive Editor Bill Keller says photographs like this “ought to disturb us, at least.” But if that’s all he’s asking a photograph to do, to deliver the “concern” in “concern photojournalism,” Keller (and Salon) are missing the point.
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Casey Anthony Finally Captured…
I love this shot. It’s better than the photo of the defense lawyer shooting the bird.
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Euro Swastika
Financial distress is producing ugly cultural cracks. Is the EU coming unglued?
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9/11 Artifacts: Who Will Take the American Airlines Slipper?
Who is in line for the slipper?
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Afghanistan, the Barking Dog
The photo is one of the most telling I've seen on the Afghanistan war.
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Tiger Brats
While China struggles with its "Emperor brats," is the only way to stoke the Western competitive spirit these days (not to mention, more online clicks) through consumer envy?
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Thursday at Ground Zero: The Prideful Left Behind by the Modest
Obama -- mindful of a need to recognize the "first responders" and the victim's families -- has actually took a very low key approach to Ground Zero and the death of Osama bin Laden.
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Seer or Snatcher? The GOP Targets Medicare
GOP visionary or an entitlement-snatcher robbing seniors of Medicare? Just like DC, the picture breaks two radically different ways.
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Michael Chertoff's Indetectable-to-the-Media Trouser Snake
What does Michael Chertoff’s snake know that the mainstream U.S. media has chosen to ignore?
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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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Obama: It’s a Dog’s Life
Did Obama's canine reference signify real push back, or are we making more out of it than just one riff.
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