It’s a beautiful new week for cartoons! This roundup for the LA Times is for cartoons published the second week of June, 2010. Since I’m editor here, I shan’t go into my personal  stuff – like my car accident, dealing with 2 insurance companies, aftereffects of the accident, a new problem in the car, which [...]

One cartoon, two versions, about a shocking event in 2009 – President Obama deciding to continue the war. Wow. I missed the 60 Minutes interview the LA Times is talking about here. (Is that show still on the air?) Discussing in strikingly personal terms his order to escalate the war in Afghanistan, President Obama said [...]

Here’s a cartoon about Obama’s blue jeans. I read something about the frou-ha-ha – something about Obama’s blue jeans not being fashionable. From USA Today: Fashion bloggers have been, to borrow Obama’s word, “cracking” on the jeans he wore last Tuesday to toss out the first pitch at baseball’s All-Star Game. “For those of you [...]

The LA Times had a very interesting article about how they decide to write an opinion piece. (This was far more fun than most opinions they actually run. And, hint, Meghan Daum is one of the worst.) The Times editorial board meets three times a week to discuss what we’re going to say in our [...]

Geez, this health plan has even me upset and feeling bi-partisan – and I live alone! I mean, I HATE my HMO (Kaiser) who screws everyone, lies, is incompetent, greedy, and unethical. Okay, it’s Kaiser. But how is the White House plan any better? First of all, it’s written for people who work in factories, [...]

Any excuse for a cartoon. I drew this cartoon about a week before Obama’s first 100 days were up, because I got the date wrong. And I used the name of my favorite TV show, Reaper in it,  just because I can. Ah, Reaper, the rare comedy-drama that works both ways, and is totally, always [...]