Digital surveillance programs require concrete data centres; intelligence agencies are based in real buildings. Surveillance systems ultimately consist of technologies, people, and the vast network of material resources that supports them.

Looking out at the photographic landscape that surrounds us - the world of images and image-making that we inhabit - it seems obvious that photography has undergone dramatic changes in its technical, cultural, and critical composition.

The dragon is a very consistent symbol of secret satellite iconography and signals intelligence satellites.

If we look in the right places at the right times, we can begin to glimpse America's vast intelligence infrastructure.

Thank you for sneaking your transistor under the pillow as you grew up loving the Tigers. God has a new adventure for me.

Whether one believes or not, religion is as real a force in the life of the world as economics or politics, and it demands fair-minded attention. Even if you think the entire religious enterprise is at best misguided and at worst counterproductive, it remains vital, inspiring great good and, sometimes, great evil.

Work is spiritual. It is a place where we have the opportunity for spiritual growth. Often, these opportunities come from the 'how' of the ways we do our work rather than the 'what' of the work itself.

You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.