Latin Songs, page A16
Can progressives really expect the President -- even if his agenda looks like a ten course meal -- to get behind and push any one or two issues at a time beyond health care or Afghanistan, especially if they trip off alarms in the culture war?
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Gay, But Not Happy
The tone of the body language, mood and, in this case particularly, the signage from the Gay Rights March in DC today (1, 2) is: enough with the semantics; it's beyond time to for Washington to "come out."
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But He Really Hasn’t Done Anything Yet — Right?
Does the Nobel Prize, and the criticism of Obama for lacking quick fixes actually obscure what has been a fabulously unique and profound accomplishment?
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The Dalai Lama on the Balcony of the Lorraine Motel
If it's off-topic headline-wise, I was really struck by this image on the wire yesterday of the Dalai Lama with Benjamin Hooks on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel.
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Obama’s Speech, The Health Care Wars and The Fluorescent Light of the Here-and-Now
As the health care debate alternately evolves and devolves, I savor every image infusing right-wing myth-making with a jolt of reality.
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End of Life: A Process, Not An Act
Just like the Remote Area Medical clinic images a few weeks back provided a sobering counterpoint to the townhall cranks, Getty's John Moore delivers a series offering a dose of reality to the "death panel" hysteria.
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Losing Kennedy
Kennedy would have been fundamentally disappointed if we were to put politics aside, even for a minute, rather than use his death as a rallying cry.
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Woodstock's 40th. (Righteous!)
The Woodstock 40-year anniversary music festival offers the chance for reflection, nostalgia... and time out from the haters.
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Gay Israel
Netanyahu the hawk, the man's man, visiting the Tel Aviv gay youth center, Beit Paz, where two people were murdered last week.
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Remembering Apollo 11: Techno-Porn and Modernity’s Gamble
To many, the Apollo 11 moon landing is “the” moment of national triumph in the post-World War II era—marked by recent 40th anniversary slideshows of “remembrance" at major media websites. I am typically reluctant to concede the all-too-easy identification of a phallic symbol, but it is pretty hard to...
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Chris Hondros on "The Hurt Locker"
I’ve been waiting for a truly great movie about the Iraq War. I know it’s still going on, but don’t think it’s impossible to ask for one. The issue is important to me, since like many journalists who have frequented Iraq I’ve often been frustrated by the public’s lack of...
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The Michael Jackson Death Show
As the Michael Jackson passing "pushes into its second week," members of the media turn Forest Lawn Mortuary into what looks like a movie set.
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The Meaning Of Michael
Interesting choice for the Newsweek cover after five days of Michael Jackson-inspired media saturation. The photo let us off the hook in confronting any complexity in regards to "the meaning of Michael."
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"The Man in the Painting"
The obvious inclination here is to assume that Michael Jackson, in his death, has become a powerfully nostalgic goodwill export, one even capable of stealing some glow away from Osama bin Ladin.
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Your Turn: In Passing
How does a photo editor come up with one image to lede the death of Michael Jackson?
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Father-In-Chief
Obama not just emphasizing the role of fathers on Father's Day but actuallymodeling Dad-in-Chief at home in the backyard.
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White House On Deck
After doing his thing Friday both in the White House grand foyer and here in the Old Executive Office Building, Tony Hawk got the word and the pics out on Twitter.
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