Paul Waldman

View image | gettyimages.com This is a Central Japan Railway maglev train returning to the station after setting a new speed record of 603 kilometers per hour, or 374 mph. And you pay extra to get on a pokey Acela just to get to New York 15 minutes faster.

View image | gettyimages.com A bunch of politicians at a press conference, you say? Nay, this is something far more momentous. This is Democrats and Republicans at a ceremony signing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, better known as the “doc fix” bill, or more properly, the bill that ends the annual […]

View image | gettyimages.com I happen to think that most protests of this type range somewhere between useless and counterproductive. But I still love this photo, because it’s so dynamic-the flying paper, the confetti, the movement of European Central Bank president Mario Draghi (that’s him on the left looking like he’s ready to catch a […]

View image | gettyimages.com The cherry blossoms are blooming here in Washington, which means there’s an intoxicating smell in the air and young people’s hearts turn to thoughts of love. Unfortunately, the Washington spring only lasts about a week and a half, after which we segue into the unspeakably hot and humid summer. Contrary to […]

View image | gettyimages.com These young people in Tokyo are dispassionately assessing the new offerings from the Apple corporation. Will they buy an Apple Watch? Perhaps they will, but only after a long, thoughtful process of consideration in which they are assured that the product will be of sufficient benefit to justify its high price.

View image | gettyimages.com Titan the robot entertains onlookers at a convention center in Shenzen, China. Minutes later, their squeals of delight turned to screams of terror.

View image | gettyimages.com Why? Does it really matter? No, it doesn’t. It’s a ferry, and it’s colorful.

View image | gettyimages.com BIG WATER, UT – MARCH 29: People walk on a beach that used to be the bottom of Lake Powell at Lone Rock Camp on March 29, 2015 near Big Water, Utah. As severe drought grips parts of the Western United States, a below average flow of water is expected to […]

View image | gettyimages.com A tot is understandably distressed at being hauled up to participate in the opening ceremonies of a sumo tournament in Himeji, Japan. Equally distressed is the guy on the right, who is appalled at this blatant violation of sumo tournament rule 62.a.(1), which reads in its entirety, “No babies.”