During his acceptance speech, John McCain warned of a faceless bureaucratic monolith presiding over our health care. Us lucky bastards with expensive health insurance already have that, don't we?

To make his newfound "change" message believable McCain has to show Americans that he is not ideologically tied to Bush & Cheney. At the Republican National Convention, McCain appeared to be the only orator who didn't adhere to the brutish, dog-eared culture-war script that was seemingly passed from speaker to speaker. So I think that was a point in his favor – Though he did demonize making healthcare available to all, which I think is … Read more of this entry »

If humans could harness irony as an alternative fuel, the GOP convention would actually have been able to reduce our dependence on oil this week.

I drew this cartoon only because US Presidents have to make lots and lots of really really important decisions with huge consequences and a campaign is a great way to watch an individual make lots and lots of really, really important decisions with huge consequences. Democracy is a truly remarkable process.

On a positive note – I thought Fred Thompson gave a mostly good speech at the RNC Convention last night. His brilliant and heart-rending description … Read more of this entry »

Sorry…Couldn't resist referencing the "other" Palin in the headline.

This VP pick is going to get debated to death. At first glance, the choice of Sarah Palin as Veep looks to be a stroke of progressive genius on the part of the McCain camp. But then one must remember: This is the McCain camp. They just spent the summer hammering away at a 40-something Presidential candidate who was "too young and had no foreign policy experience." ... Read more of this entry »

First of all – Aren't you impressed I didn't add to the national pile of Denver convention cartoons?

This cartoon was inspired initially by the latest census results which show the chasm between the wealthy and everyone else getting unsurprisingly wider. Add to that fun fact the reality that food costs didn't just recently inflate. They exploded.
About a year ago, my average family grocery bill was approximately $150 – Now it's $250. Anyone else … Read more of this entry »

After attending both Democrat and Republican conventions in 2000 and '04, I decided not to go this time. The past few week's media universe orbited around the Olympic Bird's Nest in Beijing and now the celestial center is a political fish bowl. Political Conventions have their place, and are wonderful for getting true-believers whipped into a corporate-sponsored frenzy and for parties to hone their predictable messages for the fall. But my experience as a cartoonist covering them was frankly not … Read more of this entry »

Hillary pleaded with her disgruntled followers in Denver to vote for Obama and not McCain in the fall, as McCain is the antithesis of everything she has worked toward and stands for – While Obama is of course, pretty much on the same political page.

I still can't believe her supporters actually needed to be told that. More Scalias on the Supreme Court, anyone?

I actually had this thing lurking in my sketchbook from Friday, but was working on an illustration for something else, and didn't have time to ink it until Monday. Drawing a bunch of glass houses was a bit of a challenge from a page design perspective. But I'm relatively happy with the finished product.