What You Said About …

Attacking Syria “Isn’t Iraq overhanging everything here?” asked Fox’s Bill O’Reilly of Time Washington bureau chief Michael Scherer, in a discussion about Time’s Sept. 9 cover story by Michael Crowley, which explored President Obama’s bind in striking Syria. The cover image, an outsize Obama on a white backdrop, resonated as well–demonstrating that, as Chuck Todd on NBC’s Today show put it, “this is a conflict the Commander in Chief of a war-weary nation enters reluctantly.” Mark Leinwand of Agoura Hills, Calif., argued that military action was a moral imperative: “We used to wonder how the world allowed the Nazi Holocaust to happen. Or Rwanda. Or Darfur. Now we know. We see it in Syria.” But others, like Carlos Reyna of El Paso, Texas, saw no upside. “By all means, let’s retaliate against Assad by bombing his cities and killing more civilians. Will this make us more pious than he?”

Miley Cyrus’ VMA routine Although culture critic Camille Paglia’s column calling Cyrus’ act at MTV’s Video Music Awards “derivative” prompted hundreds of approving shout-outs (“She hits the nail on the head!” tweeted Alice Nelson), TIME.com commenter JohnMuir argued that Paglia’s comparisons with Madonna amounted to “Madonna nostalgia/fangirl fanaticism”; Cyrus, he said, is “young, fun and sexy and doesn’t need … the ‘mystery’ … that an older Madonna needed to stay sexy and relevant.”

The Clintons needing a restart Joe Klein’s column on the power couple’s Washington excesses–and how they could damage a Hillary presidential run–prompted praise from conservatives. “Tough, insightful piece,” tweeted GOP pundit Ana Navarro. Reader Michael Saken, meanwhile, didn’t think Klein’s suggested “restart” was likely–or necessary. “This is celebrity time in politics,” he tweeted. “Hillary’s got it. And it explains the rise of fringe people like Cruz & Paul.”

NOW ON TIME.COM

A new generation of artists is redefining Jewish music. On time.com/rockhashana we’re highlighting artists such as:

The Maccabeats

A cappella that’s Pitch Perfect meets prayer

Rick Recht

The founder of online music source Jewish Rock Radio

Joshua Nelson and the Kosher Gospel Singers

A group that mixes it up, as advertised

NOW ON LIGHTBOX

To mark the start of New York Fashion Week, we’re showcasing photographer Robin Schwartz’s insider’s look at another kind of couture: doggie fashion, a world in which “it’s acceptable to … be extravagant, charitable and eccentric,” Schwartz explains. Samples include:

Humans and canines at a pet fashion show during Brooklyn Fashion Week

Nina, a Chihuahua, at a Roaring ’20s–themed pet fashion show in Manhattan

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We’ve got a preview of curator Erik Kessels’ book on the vanishing art of the family photo album and Yuri Kozyrev’s deep dive into the mines of Afghanistan. See them both at lightbox.time.com

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