The Hattiesburg Tornado and Self-Defense
With constituencies for both gun control and climate legislation each eagerly awaiting tonight's lead-off second term State of the Union, this unfortunate aftermath photo from the Hattiesburg tornado is quite a mash-up.
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We Look at Scouts From Both Sides Now
If you haven't noticed, the battle to open the Boy Scouts to gays has now been fully engaged by visual media.
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In One Photo, a Lost Generation
What the photographer captures is the rippling effect of a culture of gun violence
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Saturday Your Turn: Lock Down
I saw this photo earlier in the week and held on to it specifically for today. (Excuse me if I said "it's loaded.")
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Camel Jockeys, Mexican Desperados, Male Bashing Show Girls: Coke's '13 Super Bowl Chase Ad
Obviously, these commercials are a complex mash of every seducing and agitating cultural hook they can metaphorically lay claim to.
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Gay Congressmen and the New American Family. (Or: Boehner's the Straight White Dude.)
What's as interesting about the new Congressional demographics is the portrait of the American family.
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White House Gun Battle: Taking Aim with Photographs
In the aftermath of Sandy Hook, a rash of gun violence, the permissiveness of gun ownership and the entitlement and tin ear of the gun lobby, photography is one of the key tools in the White House gun control campaign right now.
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Sunday Times: The Obscenity of Food (and Youth Culture)
If truth be told, though, shouldn't we be talking about the foodie addiction as culturally widespread?
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Sandy Hook Ongoing: Weaponizing Teachers
It's depressing to see overworked teachers and school staff not just having to spend the time but, worse, take on the burden and risk of deputies.
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Alan Chin from the Memorial Service in Newtown, CT: Different This Time?
Perhaps what's unique about the Newtown shooting massacre, and the photos of this memorial service, is the widespread recognition of its utter familiarity.
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Connecticut Elementary School Shooting
If there's a signature photograph to emerge out of today's horrific school shooting in Connecticut, it's this one.
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The Machine Gun Gun Show
Perhaps what's so captivating about these photos is the pleasure of the pure release of power.
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With SCOTUS To Rule on Prop 8, Checking in on Visual Media and Gay Innuendo
That these scene become more familiar and even "run-of-the-mill" makes it only natural that images of male and female affection becomes less stigmatized and less tagged as outlying or even "gay" or "lesbian."
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Doom in America: What The NY Post Subway Death Photo Is Really About
If there's a deeper critique of the photo, it's that the catalyst and real subject of concern is missing.
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Saber the Moment: Gay Wedding at West Point
Given the importance of ritual in military affairs, incorporating the traditional saber arch truly melds gay marriage and military culture.
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Marriage Equality: Not on Defense Anymore
If an ad for gay marriage might have been just seeking a basic acceptability, this scene goes confidently beyond that.
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Obama Was Just Smarter. (There, I Said It.)
I understand that discussion of intellect in the current political era is to invite charges of East Coast elitism. Clearly though, the president didn't just win reelection by being right on the issues.
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