Or are immigrants just too short? Or is it the illegal part, which is a huge problem in this state? I was complaining to someone just yesterday that things in my apartment are too low, like the sink and spigots in both the kitchen and bathroom, the counters, and even the doorknobs! Much construction in Los ...

It's almost Easter. I don't know if other people know the Bible as well as I do, but Jesus predicted  that a disciple - I had to look this up, it was Peter - would deny that he knew Jesus 3 times before the cock crowed, and he was soon crucified.  Sad for everyone. So ...

It's Friday, and I think that that means Baking Day. Oooh, one of my favorite Slate cartoons ever! Who doesn't like a cupcake cartoon, huh? A baker's dozen, for you know-nothings, means 13 cupcakes or cookies or doughnuts or whatever. Bakeries used to be generous, and also smelled even better, and used real butter, and made everything ...

First Day of Spring cartoon. First day of spring is officially March 20 this year (although I've always thought it was March 21), but because the clocks sprang forward one hour this weekend (hate), we'll call this Spring Week. This made me laugh last night when I wrote it. It still makes me laugh! Maybe I'm ...

I get the paper (4 days a week) but I don't check it first thing. So I was shocked when my friend Bruce told me he cancelled the Los Angeles Times today. He's one of only a couple of friends who still get the paper! Oh, no! We can't exchange complaints and info! I asked him ...

But now I'll never forget you. The story and images coming from Haiti after the earthquake were so shocking  and grievous that it didn't even occur to me to do a cartoon about it. I felt that tragedies like  this couldn't be summed up in an image or drawing. More importantly, that cartoonists would be ...