Archive for August, 2012

How not to Win Elections…

Originally published in the Ann Arbor News, Bay City Times, Flint Journal, Grand Rapids Press, Jackson Citizen Patriot, Kalamazoo Gazette, Muskegon Chronicle, Saginaw News
August 26, 2012

As an editorial cartoonist, I really can’t wait to see what’s next for the GOP as we run up to the November election!…

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Perhaps a Compromise…

Originally published in the Ann Arbor News, Bay City Times, Flint Journal, Grand Rapids Press, Jackson Citizen Patriot, Kalamazoo Gazette, Muskegon Chronicle, Saginaw News
August 19, 2012

I managed to pack a lot of issues into a single editorial cartoon this week. It’s really more editorial than cartoon, now that I look at it. If you want to know more about it:

  • Michigan Radio did a five part series on the bridge issue: http://michiganradio.org/post/bridging-border-do-we-need-new-bridge-part-1
  • Here’s an MLive story on the Keystone oil pipeline: http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2012/03/upton_gas_event.htmll
  • Here’s a Detroit Free Press graphic about past difficulties with the Morouns (owners of the Ambassador Bridge): http://www.freep.com/article/20120112/NEWS01/120112049/Interactive-graphic-What-MDOT-wanted-versus-what-Moroun-built

But really the two important takeaways here are: The cartoon is probably clever (assuming you’ve read all that other stuff), and the one guy in the second panel has a really big nose, which is funny.

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There Has Never Been a More Critical Choice for Michigan…

Originally published in the Ann Arbor News, Bay City Times, Flint Journal, Grand Rapids Press, Jackson Citizen Patriot, Kalamazoo Gazette, Muskegon Chronicle, Saginaw News
August 12, 2012

So it’s very likely this November there will be a ballot proposal in Michigan to decide whether to allow more casinos to be built. I honestly can’t imagine a bigger waste of our collective time, money, and focus than deciding whether to build more casinos.

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Olympic Voting Event…

Originally published in the Ann Arbor News, Bay City Times, Flint Journal, Grand Rapids Press, Jackson Citizen Patriot, Kalamazoo Gazette, Muskegon Chronicle, Saginaw News
August 4, 2012

I have put serious pressure on myself to remember to vote in the primary today….

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