Logoristics

A couple of weeks ago, I passed an S.U.V. sporting this sticker in its back window.

I arrived at the barn to see this golden oldie in the window of the barn owner’s truck.

These are strong brands, aren’t they? The campaigns so snugly associated a visual aid with their candidates that the opposition attempted to usurp [...]

The right stuff

I complained recently about the media hammering of Sarah Palin, calling it sexist and unwarranted. My opinion that Palin faced scrutiny and humiliation that no male candidate would has not changed. Despite what Andrew Sullivan might think, what Sarah Palin did during her pregnancy has no bearing on this race or her fitness for the [...]

Unrequested flattery

Tim Flach is a British art photographer whose animal portraiture is defined by a paradox. While the images are staged and the animals prepped, Tim’s eye for the hyper-realistic gives the photos an appealing suddenness. It’s beautiful stuff, and I stole a snap off his website for the new header of this page. Don’t sue [...]

Fundamental differences

To write about Sarah Palin is to admit that she is still at the eye of the political landscape. Sure, polls show that the bloom is off the rose, that maybe the gimmick has worn itself out. At the debate tonight, however, she didn’t spectacularly implode as so many had hoped, chirping asyntaxic phrases about [...]