January 5, 2011 — Siem Reap, CAMBODIA It was after only a few minutes walking in the forest that we encountered the owl. We had just passed the causeway on the path toward the stunning ruins of Angkor Wat when Ley stopped and pointed. There it was. Brown as they are. About 7 inches tall, …
I’m in Bangkok, en route to Cambodia for a couple of weeks. Here is a quick look. Will write more later.
Charles Lindbergh — TIME’s first Man of the Year in 1927 — remains the youngest person ever chosen in the franchise’s 83 year history. Queen Elizabeth II, who was named Person of the Year soon after she took the throne in 1952, was the second-youngest until this week, when TIME named 26-year-old Mark Zuckerberg — …
Here’s my dinner plate from yesterday. And here’s the table: Click here for more photographs of the fabulous feast hosted by dear friends Katherine Lanpher, Barbara Jones and Katherine Tasheff.
Today, November 19th, is the day Abraham Lincoln made his famous Gettysburg Address. That was in 1863, which means he said “four score and seven years ago” seven score and seven years ago today. Two years ago, I asked the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln to recite the Gettysburg Address while the ship was …
Here is a piece I produced with TIME’s Detroit Bureau Chief Steven Gray. [vodpod id=Video.4915737&w=425&h=350&fv=videoId%3D672228852001%26amp%3BlinkBaseURL%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.time.com%252Ftime%252Fvideo%252Fplayer%252F0%252C32068%252C672228852001_2030926%252C00.html%26amp%3BplayerID%3D42806370001%26amp%3BplayerKey%3DAQ%7E%7E%2CAAAAABGEUMg%7E%2ChNlIXLTZFZk45NBFzfXjH_fcV1fGMncy%26amp%3Bdomain%3Dembed%26amp%3BdynamicStreaming%3Dtrue] Staying Put in Downsizing Detroit, posted with vodpod
Here is a piece I shot at the massive Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine two weeks ago on St. Francis Day. That’s the day the church opens its doors to dogs and cats, guinea pigs and pot-bellied pigs, camels and llamas, lizards, snakes and one blue and gold macaw named Chuckles. A beautiful, …
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I won an Emmy last night. That’s me… the bald guy in the photo on the left, next to the incredible photographer Anthony Suau. Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Todd Heisler captured this shot of us on his point and shoot, as he and his colleagues (Meaghan, Tom, Sarah and Alexie) and I waited in line with …
Last week, I spent a few days in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan with TIME Columnist and author Joe Klein (Primary Colors, Woody Guthrie: A Life and four other books), who is on a month-long roadtrip across America to hear from voters as we approach the mid-term elections. He began the trip on Labor Day in …
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Joe in PA [vodpod id=Video.4467427&w=425&h=350&fv=videoId%3D605310317001%26amp%3BlinkBaseURL%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.time.com%252Ftime%252Fvideo%252Fplayer%252F0%252C32068%252C605310317001_2016626%252C00.html%26amp%3BplayerID%3D42806370001%26amp%3BplayerKey%3DAQ%252E%252E%2CAAAAABGEUMg%252E%2ChNlIXLTZFZk45NBFzfXjH_fcV1fGMncy%26amp%3Bdomain%3Dembed%26amp%3BdynamicStreaming%3Dtrue] Joe Klein in Pennsylvania, posted with vodpod