At TIME.

Check out the artwork of James White.

Here are some tricks to help you detect various Photoshop chicanery.

Christina Martinez, who lives in Whittier and works at retailer Fred Segal in West Hollywood, spends about $80 a week on gasoline.  She told the Los Angeles Times, “It’s frustrating that even during election season I’m only thinking of politics in terms of who will get me lower gas prices.”

It’s frustrating for more reasons than you know, Christina.  First, it’s frustrating that you, like many Americans, don’t have the depth to understand that the President has very little to do with such things, but market forces do instead.  Second, that as you head into an election, you – again, like many Americans – toss more important questions aside (ones over which a President might actually have some influence.)

Flashback to a piece I did a couple years ago for Father’s Day, On This Day: Fatherlessness.

Great article by Bruce Schneier.  Also recalls my own photographer harassment.

To whom does this make sense?  So, I’m required to show ID, unless I “lost it” or “forgot it”, in which case, I don’t have to.  This rubbish just makes me want to smash my head against the wall.  See also: The Airport Security Follies.

Time is going by really, really, really, really slow.

Whoa, this is some freaky business.

Dear Friends,

For the last seven months, I’ve been reaching out to all of you to ask you to support Barack Obama.  Many of you have written back with both encouragement and criticisms – I appreciate all of them.  If you don’t have time to read my entire note – the executive summary is: I’m asking you again to step up and contribute to his campaign here.

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