All of these pictures represent something concerning the U.S. They are my Top 5 in the New York Times’ “Year of Pictures.

I think that this picture represents all of the children, wives, husbands, and parents who watched loved family members go to Iraq and Afghanistan, some never to see each other again.

I think this picture represents the thousands of people who are killed each and every year. I think these are the sort of things that we need to stop.

This baby was abandoned when U.S. troops stormed a home in Iraq. The parents had fled. The picture represents the thousands of children who are abandoned each year.

This picture represents all of the people who are now homeless because of foreclosure. Hundreds of thousands of homes are now foreclosed.

I think this represents many people who have lost homes in hurricanes such as Gustav, Ike, or Katrina.