SMASHING CRAYONS, HERE TO-DAY

Here’s Angelo Mozilo of Country Financial as a cake. See what happens when he meets regulator John Reich (HIS PAL!) who is a soft piece of chocolate in my new video: Financial Fondue, for Slate.com. Here’s what happens when working in new media; in this case, with meat. The brave piece of cheese was originally … Read more

Tim Hetherington, Chris Hondros

                                      Robert Capa once said if your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.  He also said, yeah, I have a zoom . . . it’s called feet. For photojournalists it’s a miracle that they can … Read more

SALEH PLAYS DRESS-UP

In today’s NY Times: an encouraging story about courage. The women of Yemen take it to Saleh, and to the streets: SANA, Yemen — President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s suggestion that antigovernment protesters in the capital were in violation of Islamic law because women were allowed to mix with men stirred a women’s rights march in … Read more

THE 3 STOOGES MEET DIABLO CANYON

For the latest installment of Smashing Crayons for Slate I investigate the people behind the amazing Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.  The shocking results HERE: DIABLO CANYON FOR DUMMIES