Working as a director, Rockwell carefully staged his photographs, selecting props and locations, choosing his models, and orchestrating every last detail. He created an abundance of photographs for each new subject, sometimes capturing complete compositions and other times combining separate pictures of individual elements. more »

Even during wartime she spoke for the right of all workers to join unions.ER’s outspoken support gave labor unions what political scientists call "elite legitimation." Labor unions had been around for a long time but only during FDR’s administration did they acquire mainstream respectability. To this, the first lady make a major contribution. more »

Regardless of recovering economies and Middle East crises, ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the official Royal Wedding website celebrating the marriage of Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton was launched today by St. James’s Palace. The website will follow the progress of designating dresses, tiaras, flowers, attendants and media coverage more »

Two trilogies: Women write about what they wish they had known earlier. These discussions are about how the fact of being female makes the lives of women differ from the lives of men at a deeper level.Our Stieg Larsson reviewer was suspicious and too stubborn to believe that anything so popular could be so good; she finds otherwise. more »