What, No Apple Pie?
Am I overthinking this? Today, Michelle Malkin posted this image on her website followed by the simple phrase: "Does this image bring back memories?" She then noted how, thirty years to the day, outfielder Rick Monday secured his place in baseball history by snatched away this flag "in order to...
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Sign For A Head
If it's Easter, it must mean ... Christian fundamentalism!. (... That is, if you're the NYT Week In Review.) Sunday's Times section carried not one, but two articles on the evangelical movement. There was a political piece on the front page (Looking to Win in November, With a 2-Year Old...
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Your Turn: Britney Pro-Life
I can't wait to see where you takes this one. The other two views are here and here. Here's a short background summary on this right wing masterpiece. Here's a link to the gallery exhibition.
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(Oops, Sorry. I Must Be In The Wrong Place. I Thought This Was The Trailer For The New "Miami Vice" Movie.)
Okay, now I'm convinced the NYT bleeds elephant red. Even if today's NYT Mag profile of Maryland's GOP Senatorial candidate isn't completely flattering, why does it feel like we are somehow supposed to be fascinated with this guy? Why, especially given these shots, should it seem like the coolest, most...
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The Lord's Ambulance Chaser
Now that Alabama's serial church arsonists have been caught, I'm wondering why this never became a bigger story. I'm sure Rob Schenck is wondering too. If you've been following The BAG, you'll remember Rob as one of the two characters I profiled performing an anointment ritual on the doors of...
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The Blog Establishment
Based on research (and photo documentation) from NY Magazine, we now have a definitive portrait of what the publication calls the "Blog Establishment."
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Because (I Say) It Says So
During his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, I found it fitting that bull-nosed Alberto Gonzales would present a marked-up book dealing with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. One way of thinking about the Administration and Congress is in terms of an abusive relationship. The White House is the...
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Cartoon Backlash
Watching the still escalating fervor over the Danish cartoons, I'm convinced this eruption is symptomatic of a growing acceptance and even encouragement of extremism. On the Western side of the equation, I'm becoming more and more concerned about the extent to which escalating tensions derive from the terrorism paranoia...
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Your Turn: Drawing From Fable
(illustration unattributed. The Economist. February 4, 2006. Cover.)
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Your Turn: "Bit" Players
I don't know about you but it felt to me like last week was about a month long. I won't even begin to rehash it.... Like last weekend, I'm stepping back for the next two days and leaving the readership in charge. Given the visual ordnance I've managed to...
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Your Turn: Meet The Press
Of all the political portraits I've looked at, there is one collection I keep going back to. It is a series called Changing The Face of Power: Women in the U.S. Senate by photojournalist Melina Mara.
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Your Turn: And Today's Lesson Is Brought To You By The Letter Tha
I've been holding on to two images that I find quite evocative. This one is a portrait of Uncle Hazim, who I guess I would describe as the Hamas answer to "Mr. Rogers." Hazim Sharawi has been a big hit with the kids on the radio, and now -- with...
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Your Turn: Bush On The Green
Here is the other pic I'm leaving you with this weekend. It was taken on Thursday at JK Moving and Storage in Sterling, Virginia and featured on the White House website. I don't often do this, but I went through the entire transcript of Bush's remarks at this event...
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De Feet of Inquiry
parka to Holoucast museum Seems only through intimidation that we are being limited access to Cheney's health status. Clearly hasn't quite recovered from surgery had on his knees.... (Show image with him with cane) Find alternate shot for the BAG.... US Vice President Dick Cheney, seen here in Cairo.
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John Roberts Finally Lands
One thing about jamming stealth Supreme Court nominees through the approval system is that reality becomes suspend until the moment they finally go on record.... Like you would hear the "straight-A" eagle scout kid next door had been arrested for armed robbery, there was "Baby Face Roberts" in the...
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Palestinian Poster Wars: Face Time
Still, in taking a first look at the poster wars concerning the holding two posters Palestinian Fatah activists hold posters of the late Yasser arafat during an election campaign rally in the West Bank city of Nablus Thursday Jan. 5, 2006. Palestinians followed reports on Israeli Prime Minsiter Ariel...
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Alito Wrap-Up: Dems Get Schooled In Girl Power
bloviators But Enough About You, Judge; Let's Hear What I Have to Say http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/11/politics/politicsspecial1/11senators.html?ex=1294635600&en=d528340d159c7c21&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss kennedy, leahy, biden Doug Mills/The New York Times wife montage Wife of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, Martha-Ann Bomgardner, is pictured in this combination picture reacting to comments by U.S. senators on the fourth...
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Your Turn: Stage Left
(image: Doug Mills/The New York Times. January 10th, 2005. Washington.
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