Senator Barack Obama

"America cannot meet the threats of this century alone, but the world cannot meet them without America. We must neither retreat from the world nor try to bully it into submission — we must lead the world, by deed and example."

Jack Webb

U.S. Police Drama

From the distinctive four-note opening of its theme music to the raft of catch phrases it produced, no other television cop show has left such an indelible mark on American culture as Dragnet. It was the first successful television crime drama to be shot on film and one of the few prime time series to have returned to production after its initial run. In Dragnet, Jack Webb, who produced, directed, and starred in the program, created the benchmark by which subsequent police shows would be judged. -- Eric Schaeffer

www.museum.tv/archives/etv/D/htmlD/dragnet/dragnet.htm

Metropolitan Museum of Art

In 1954 the court became a restaurant, designed by Dorothy Draper.

NYTimes:

The reconstruction of the galleries and adjacent areas — a 15-year, $220 million project — will enable the Met to exhibit some 5,300 works, or 95 percent of this collection, about half of which had been in storage in recent decades. By restoring the south wing to its original purpose, the reconstruction also pays homage to the vision of its first architects, McKim, Mead & White, who created it with Greek and Roman art in mind.

Cerith Wyn Evans

And if I don't meet you no more in this world / Then I'll, I'll meet you in the next one / And don't be late, don't be late
2006: © the Artist
Photo: Stephen White: Courtesy Jay Jopling/ White Cube (London)

Maarten Baas

Photo: Helayne Seidman For The Washington Post

Good Friday

Photo: Nicky Loh/Reuters
Altar servers during a service today at St. Joseph Church in Singapore.

Clifton's Puzzle

Gary Simmons

boom: 1996-2003
The Museum of Modern Art

Cassini

via towleroad:
The Cassini mission is the most comprehensive imaging project of a body in the outer solar system ever undertaken. Upon release of these recent photos, more of which can be seen here, Cassini scientist Carolyn Porco said, "Finally, here are the views that we've waited years for. Sailing high above Saturn and seeing the rings spread out beneath us like a giant, copper medallion is like exploring an alien world we've never seen before. It just doesn't look like the same place. It's so utterly breath-taking it almost gives you vertigo."

Showerhead: Honeywell, a chrome-finish fixture designed by Ross Lovegrove for VitrA, will be available in mid-May for about $425. Retailers available through VitrA, (877) 658-4872.

Di Caprio

Photo: Richard Burbridge

Ikea