Antrim Caskey's "Dragline": Moving to Appalachia
Second post of photographer Antrim Caskey's Mountaintop Mining Watch series from West Virginia on mountaintop removal by coal companies.
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Antrim Caskey's "Dragline": Tree-planting on Kayford Mountain
Antrim Caskey's "Dragline": Mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia.
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We Are Steve
My main question is, how many people out there select an obvious work photo for their Facebook picture? This choice, and the fact Steve Slater's not beaming about it, suggests he "was having some issues" with his work identity.
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How BP Can Afford to Take All Those Losses and Risks in the (US) Gulf…
Afghan war fill up. (Thank you, BP!)
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We Sure Showed the Big Banks, Didn’t We?
So Congress caved on almost everything, but yeah, right, it's "a good first step" -- like Congress is now going to come back around and do something about "too big to fail" or kill the derivative madness. ...If there's a small bit of solace to be found, it's...
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BP CEO Hayward Trying not to Step in it
In this one self-protective gesture, BP CEO Tony Hayward totally gives himself away.
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Take That, Kneester-Hipsock American Apparel Formula!
The ease with which Norris and Sachse strip away the facade of fashion photography is alarming. If the use of the same playful and suggestive captions put alongside images of a woman - who is not the commonly seen shape - jolt us, could it be we harbor only...
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BP Colluding with Government on Media Censorship?
Besides demanding a hard look at the line between collusion and cooperation, these stills also call for a blunt examination of how much BP is leveraging the crisis (and its central management of it) primarily to blunt, stall or mitigate perceptual damage to the corporation.
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I’m Pink as Hell and I’m Not Going to Take it Anymore
If David Nagel is now BP's executive VP in charge of dodging slings and arrows, and he's rapidly losing friends and looking lonely in a crowd, that's why he gets paid the big bucks.
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Obama vs. Goldman: The Latest Round
In the last round of "Obama vs. Wall Street," the financial guys don't look the worse for wear.
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The Tiger Morality Play (Cha-Ching)
Have you seen the new Masters commercial? Nike assumes the fallen Tiger has undergone a moral re-education ... for more woooshing profits. Have you seen the new Masters commercial? Nike assumes the fallen Tiger has undergone a moral re-education ... for more woooshing profits.
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Thank God for the iPad!
Has the hype for the iPad reached biblical proportions, or has salvation arrived?
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Your Turn: The Doctor/(Government)/Patient Relationship
Has the government finally broken into the doctor's office? Or, is this photo a poke in the eye to all those government-haters out there?
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Health Care Update: The Death Panel
White House health care initiative coming on point as Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius delivers icy stare to health care CEO.
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Even Hot Chocolate
Contributor Stan Banos deconstructs an ad for a coffee maker featuring a bi-racial couple
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The Social Message Beneath the Surface of that Oh, So Silly Super Bowl Ad
Did you see the Budweiser Super Bowl spot where the town bridge is gone, and the townspeople couldn't care less ... until they hear a Bud truck is stuck on the other side? "Americans..." corporate America is telling us. "You're road kill."
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