Ball point pen on today's newsprint Hurricane Sandy is expected to arrive here in a few hours. If I don't post a drawing tomorrow it's because my home is among the million plus expected to loose power. Good luck and be safe. Can you guess who I was drawing here? Click here for answer ...
Read MoreBall point pen on today's newsprint Our government is just getting around to prosecuting some of the institutions that schemed to defraud government-backed mortgage agencies by churning out billions in bad loans, leaving taxpayers on the hook, triggering a world wide banking crisis, destroying the housing market and generally F-ing up the global economy. They're looking to collect at least 1 billion in penalties from Bank of America.... It's a start. ...
Read MoreBall point pen on today's newsprint If you live in a swing state, you've probably witnessed the two presidential candidates whipping their horses down the home stretch. Here in New Jersey, it's a lazy afternoon stroll in the park. Despite having a republican governor, New Jersey isn't really up for grabs. We haven't voted republican for president since Ronald Reagan won 49 states. It's also an expensive state to campaign in, given it straddles the New York and Philadelphia markets. But still, it is a presidential election and aside from the news coverage and a few robo-calls, you'd hardly know there was a campaign going on. I don't even see yard signs. That feels very different from four years ago when there was real enthusiasm. ...
Read MoreI recall a great draftsman, artist and professor of mine telling of a courtroom reportage gig he once had of a high profile case. He showed up the first day and drew the defendant dressed in his courtroom best, handsome and polished.... Innocent until proven guilty. As the facts of the case presented themselves his perception of the defendant changed. and so too did his drawings. Until, like a sinister twist on the idiom, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the drawings became as monstrous and twisted as the defendant's soul. Ball point pen on today's newsprint ...
Read MoreBall point pen on today's newsprint Arlen Specter passed away from complications of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. After serving Pennsylvania in the Senate for 30 years, Mr. Specter lost his seat in a 2010 primary for occupying a swath of American politics that has become extinct... the center. ...
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