Paul Waldman

View image | gettyimages.com A visitor at an exhibition of artist Nathan Sawaya’s Lego sculptures in Paris takes a moment to reflect. Are we all merely collections of interchangeable blocks, formed into temporary coherence only to be disassembled before we slip into the eternal void? Who is real, and who is the simulacrum? Will there […]

View image | gettyimages.com This picture comes from the celebration in Bavaria of Christi Himmelfahrt, marking the ascension of Christ to heaven. What does Jesus have to do with firing antique guns into the air while wearing traditional Bavarian outfits? I have no idea, but that guy in the middle isn’t having nearly as much […]

View image | gettyimages.com A staffer at Madame Tussaud’s in London prepares Chewbacca for the wax museum’s new Star Wars exhibit. I can only imagine the amount of conditioner it takes to keep all that hair shiny and manageable.

View image | gettyimages.com A young boy participating in a ceremony at a Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea to honor the Buddha’s birthday.

View image | gettyimages.com Apparently, the market for alligator meat is booming, and prices for a good ‘gator steak are way up this year. And no, I don’t know if it actually tastes like chicken.

View image | gettyimages.com That’s Ben Carson, announcing his campaign for a radio talk show and higher speaking fees … I mean president! Announcing his campaign for president. Wherever he goes in this campaign, he will bring his circular red rug, which channels his power and allows him to mesmerize audiences.

View image | gettyimages.com That’s a Tesla superfan (which apparently is a thing) posing in front of the company’s new Powerwall battery, which Elon Musk unveiled today. Meant for homes and businesses, the battery will allow users to store energy from their solar panels, windmills, or whatever else they’re using to charge up their cars […]

View image | gettyimages.com That’s Chris Davis of the Baltimore Orioles, hitting a home run in today’s game against the Chicago White Sox before an empty Camden Yards. The game was held as scheduled, but fans were barred from watching it because of fears that rioters would storm the stadium and massacre everyone inside, or […]

View image | gettyimages.com Baltimore police preparing for more protests in the wake of Freddie Gray’s death.

View image | gettyimages.com View from Puerto Varas, southern Chile, of a high column of ash and lava spewing from the Calbuco volcano, on April 22, 2015. Chile’s Calbuco volcano erupted on Wednesday, spewing a giant funnel of ash high into the sky near the southern port city of Puerto Montt and triggering a red […]