If you'd like to view some compelling photography, take a look at the prize winners of World Press Photo's annual contest. The purpose of the contest is to offer "an overview of how press photographers tackle their work worldwide and how the press gives us the news, bringing together pictures…
Just imagine if some foreign demagogue had caused the daily slaughter of scores of people in America's capitol city. I wonder what we would think of him, and of the people who brought him to power. We gripe, for good reason, about Osama bin Laden, but his act of terrorism pales in comparison…
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[Thanks to Milard Draudt for permission to reprint this cartoon here. I noticed this cartoon in Funny Times, which I dutifully read every month]
When I see how this war of words is going on, it depresses me. As reported by DailyKos: The GOP is trying to frame Murtha's plan of requiring improved troop readiness as the exact opposite. According the GOP: Murtha's plan is to "cut funding", is a "strategy to pull the…