I thought Gov. Eliot Spitzer's outrageously bold plan to allow undocumented aliens (AKA: "people") to obtain driver's licenses was constitutionally correct, albeit politically impossible. So after consulting with Michael Chertoff over at "Homeland Security" (what an inane name for a department), Spitzer ditched his plan and agreed to a three-tiered State licensing system. The top two federally recognized tiers requiring SS#s etc, with a third class of license bringing up the rear, which requires no … Read more of this entry »

I already caught a wee bit of flak for this one today – And perhaps it is a little early for finger pointing, but that's what editorial cartooning is for, right?

It's awful what is happening in California. But the Santa Ana winds are famous for whipping small brush fires into large scrub fires in the hills. They used to light control fires there to clear out the brush in order to prevent exactly … Read more of this entry »

I googled staphylococcus and it was just a bunch of dots under a microscope with a red background, so I drew what I now realize was a "Far Side" inspired bug/amoeba looking thing. Or a hairy potato. Such is the challenge of daily editorial cartooning. As for the issue, I believe an uninsured child is an uninsured child, and we shouldn't be worrying about whether her parents are "poor enough" to not be able to … Read more of this entry »

Here's a local one with a cameo by Westchester's County executive, Andy Spano – Who I know hates when I draw cartoons about him, because he told me so. Go figure.

The actual details of the issue are fairly complicated, but I hope that the cartoon is clear enough that perhaps even a non-local reader might get the point I'm making…