Now that I’ve posted a good set of thoroughly depressing political posts, it’s time for something a little more frivolous: pictures from the (newly remodeled) DeYoung Museum. They’re not as good as I had hoped–no flash allowed, understandably, so they tend to be a little on the fuzzy side–but I figured a few were worth sharing here.
This is one of my favorite pieces, just gorgeous in person. Photo doesn’t do it justice, etc. » Read more..
Archive for June 14, 2006
DeYoung Museum
What Really Matters Is the Appearance of Appearances
Start with the suicides of three detainees at Guantanamo–one of whom had been cleared for transfer.
Compound that with (Assistant Deputy Secretary of State) Colleen Graffy’s comments to the BBC that the suicides were a “good P.R. move” and “a tactic to further the jihadi cause.”
It looks bad, and the administration realizes it looks bad. The problem, of course, is not that what Graffy said was completely appalling to civilized humans; the problem is that it didn’t work. She certainly wasn’t off the reservation: » Read more..
