Photographer Steven Meisel’s photo editorial for Vogue, which depicted an oil-drenched blond on a hill of jagged seaside rocks, has created quite the controversy in the photo world. Watch the video inside the shoot.
The First WikiLeaks Revolution Tunisians didn’t need any more reasons to protest when they took to the streets these past weeks — food prices were rising, corruption was rampant, and unemployment was staggering. But we might also count Tunisia as the first time that WikiLeaks pushed people over the brink. These protests are also about…
A Think Piece In the last chapter of “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Paul Baumer, a young German soldier, sits alone in a garden trying to recover from a poison gas attack and the deep emotional scars and psychological wounds of war. At the age of 21, he is already a veteran…
Taking a low dose of aspirin every day can prevent and possibly even treat cancer, fresh evidence suggests. The three new studies published by The Lancet add to mounting evidence of the drug’s anti-cancer effects. Many people already take daily aspirin as a heart drug. But experts warn that there is still not enough…
Editor SWITZERLAND OF THE ORIENT The ironies of Singapore’s massive investment in troubled Swiss banking giant UBS are piling up. Even Lee Kuan Yew himself has now said that the Government Investment Corporation invested “too early” in UBS, with the result that is now showing a loss of billions of dollars of citizens’ money on…
The role of Latinos in American society is growing inexorably, with big political implications for the future
American filmmaker and critic of the US war machine says the ex-general is not worthy of unreserved support US, former top general, David Petraeus, resigned from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) – the media quickly calling it a fall from grace. This happened…