Dec 23, 2016
Motormouth-In-Chief
Nature abhors a vacuum and so does politics. As newspapers and the media collapse while it kicks journalists to the curb, it’s giving...
Dec 21, 2016
Inauguration Day
I have on my studio wall a Tony Auth cartoon. It shows Ronald Reagan right after Inauguration Day, 1981, dressed as Betsy Ross sitting in...
Dec 19, 2016
Countdown
For most people in our barely civilized world, the new year starts after the expiring old year with the waning tones of “Auld Lang Syne”...
Dec 14, 2016
Forty Years Before The Masthead
Is the media dishonest? Not the mainstream media, but I remember Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee’s comment about printing lies. He...
Dec 12, 2016
The Dope On Doping
What would happen if there were no rules in sports about performance enhancing drugs? Sure, a few athletes might die of various...