Posts tagged: death

Haiti, this is the first time I ever thought about you.

Gary Markstein from gocomics.com

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 [...]

Nutty Putty Cave Tragedy at Thanksgiving

John-Jones nutty putty cave

I feel so bad about this guy, John Jones, who died while spelunking in Nutty Putty Cave near Salt Lake City. He and his wife are so beautiful; he was in medical school and she’s expecting their 2nd kid. (Utah, remember.)

More than 50 people tried to help him for over a day.
The 6-foot-tall, 190-pound [...]

Insurance companies suck. But you already knew that.

I’m really sad to see the health adjustment plan won’t make it through. I wanted it to be an arrow in the heart of the evil, lying, non-life saving insurance companies. Usually I’m a capitalist, all for anyone who wants to make money, anyhow. Let the strongest one win.
But not with health insurance. It’s like [...]

Mary Jo and Teddy, sitting in a tree…

 Chappaquiddick_bridge with guardrail now from Wiki

When Ted Kennedy passed away, I re-investigated the Chappaquidick death of Mary Jo Kopechne here. And I came across a quotation that has stuck with me: “To those whom much is given, much is expected.”

Photo of bridge with new guard rail from Wikipedia.
Some attribute it to John Kennedy, but I read that the Kennedy patriarch, [...]

Ted Rall and Donna Barstow: Separated at Birth?

capital punishment cartoon

Ted Rall is a liberal who hates most things President Obama has done this year. I am (mostly) conservative, who thinks Obama is doing a decent job, although I can’t point out anything in particular that is great. So we’re kind of going in opposite directions, but I enjoyed pointing out to him recently on [...]

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