Comments for Auchtoon!

Comment on Unwelcome Guest at the Michigan Summer Resort… by John

John — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:47:21 +0000

Your conjectures definitely top mine. But no worries now — I saw gas at $4.14, which is less than $4.29 so everything is fine!

Comment on Unwelcome Guest at the Michigan Summer Resort… by Kris

Kris — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:42:28 +0000

Maybe it’s driven by your own state gov’t to incentivize Michiganders to take ‘stay-cations’ this year and spend your holiday funds at home. Or the federal gov’t sending a gentle reminder to keep up the work on affordable electric vehicles. Or maybe someone mis-keyed MI instead HI in a giant oil-pricing database somewhere. I hope this error is corrected for you soon.

Comment on Scary, Out-of-Touch, Stuffy Old Men… by auch6963

auch6963 — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:46:11 +0000

Hi Nora. Thanks for posting. And you’re right — being poor is not an excuse for an individual not to succeed. We all have challenges, and we certainly cannot expect others or institutions to provide for us. It’s our own work that gets us ahead. That said, my vision of the role of government is that of a referee. The referee ensures that rules are enforced and the game is played fairly. In the best cases, you are hardly aware that the referee is involved at all. So when I say that public education works okay for some but not so much for the poor, what I mean is a kid in a well-funded, functional district has an obvious advantage over a kid from a poorly-funded, broken district. The game is uneven and the rules not fairly enforced. What we are free to disagree on is what we should do about that. (But one thing we both do seem to agree on — rich or poor, education has to start with good parenting.) Thanks again!
John

Comment on Scary, Out-of-Touch, Stuffy Old Men… by Nora Boguslaski

Nora Boguslaski — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 19:28:34 +0000

Just a comment about your cartoon in The Grand Rapids Press, June 2 paper. I think public education needs to be fixed, but government involvement is not the solution. The less government in our lives the better. You state, Public education needs to be fixed, it works okay for some but for many – especially the poor – it is an expensive failure, right? I don’t get that.
What does being poor have to do with doing well in school and becoming productive in society. What we need is more parent involvement from the time a child starts school. The parents and teachers need to impress on the kindergartners or first graders that it is up to the STUDENT to be self motivated. My husbands family was poor and out of the four boys and a girl they have become a mechanical engineer, a chemist with a PHd. in organic chemistry from Notre Dame who owns his own business, a dentist, a pharmacist, and a small business owner. They paid for their own schooling, although once again they were poor. And Obamacare are a farce.
Nora Boguslaski

Comment on Reforming Auto Insurance… by Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 10 May 2013 03:32:32 +0000

Boy you got this one dead on!!!! If the people would just educate themselves….

Comment on Reforming Auto Insurance… by Elisira

Elisira — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:16:33 +0000

So glad to be home. I got to see this on the kitchen table before I saw it online. Brilliant as always, Daddy. Made me laugh and wince, as the great editorial cartoonists do.

Comment on Reforming Auto Insurance… by Kris

Kris — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:32:50 +0000

Awesome comic! Hospital charges fall into a similar, but even more vague, word pile. I like that you drew the insurance guy with glasses and no eyes!

Comment on Oh That Dave Agema! by Mike

Mike — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:49:16 +0000

Spot on Chunny! This guy is an embarrasment to Michigan, regardless of party.

Comment on Oh That Dave Agema! by Kris

Kris — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:48:32 +0000

Wow. I took a look at that link and it’s bad. Also looked at Wikipedia on Dave and there were no surprises there. I’m sure he keeps a checklist of what he’s doing on earth to ensure his entry into whatever heaven was promised to him. He’s a lemming, not a leader.

Comment on Sounds of Spring in Michigan by Kris

Kris — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:28:49 +0000

Yeah – you could move the foam M hand into the ‘sonofa’ panel now.