Events

Because only in the United States do we have, enshrined in our basic law, the right to establish a city populated exclusively by religious nutters: Kiryas Joel is an enclave of ultra-orthodox Jews who belong to the Satmar Hasidic sect. Members of this group believe in separating themselves from others – they’d rather not be around non-sect members. Thirty-four years ago, they won the right to create their own village from the surrounding community of Monroe. The village’s founders might have envisioned...

The Khas Mahal, Delhi, India: 30 January 2011, Canon 20D at ISO-1600, 1/125 at f/5.6, 18mm, here.

The Daily Parker may miss a couple Photos of the Day over the next week or two as I'm ramping up a new project. I've got a few photos in the queue for the feature, but it takes time to find them, edit them, and post them, time I won't have lots of until probably the end of July. Here, however, is Four Courts, Dublin: 22 June 2008, Canon 20D at ISO-100, 1/125 at f/8, 18mm, here.

Whiting, Vt.: 17 October 1992, Canon T-90, Kodachrome 64, exposure unrecorded, here.

Last one (I think) from Pittsburgh, from the Duquense Incline, inside the machinery room: 9 July 2011, ISO-100, 1/320 at f/5.6, 18mm, here.

Yet another view of PNC Park, from the Warhol Bridge, after the fireworks: 9 July 2011, ISO-1600, 1/30 sec. at f/5.6, 29mm, here.

Continuing the Pittsburgh theme, a view of PNC Park as the groundskeepers set up for the .38 Special concert: ISO-3200, 1/15 at f/2, 50mm, here.

The indefatigable Paul Krugman smacks down the excuses for why the government has failed to get the economy going: [A] destructive passivity has overtaken our discourse. Turn on your TV and you’ll see some self-satisfied pundit declaring that nothing much can be done about the economy’s short-run problems (reminder: this “short run” is now in its fourth year), that we should focus on the long run instead. This gets things exactly wrong. The truth is that creating jobs in a depressed economy is something...

The Roberto Clamente Bridge in Pittsburgh, after Saturday night's fireworks, from the Andy Warhol Bridge: 9 July 2011, ISO-6400, 1/4 sec. at f/5, here.

Pittsburgh, Pa., exactly 24 hours ago: ISO-100, 1/250 at f/5.6, polarizing filter, here.