Pointing Fingers

Separated at Birth: Maggie Pelosi

 

The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.

Margaret Thatcher

And the Band Played On...

A broad, united coalition of human rights advocates and politicians held a spirited rally Sunday, May 17, in solidarity with the LGBT citizens of Iraq, who face surging violence and killings. Recent reports out of Baghdad document the gruesome gluing of anuses of gay men, who are forced to swallow laxatives, leading to death by diarrhea, and come amid continuing genital mutilation of gays. Leaders called for an end to Don't Ask, Don't Tell and a condemnation of torture by the United States.

"New" Torture Images Not So New

There are torture images floating around, as if they were just released. Not so. They have been around for quite a while. The image above, never before released by me, was shot in November 2006 for my Torture exhibition based on the images from Abu Ghraib. Clearly it is based on one of the images being positioned as newly leaked.

Newly released image