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Nobody.really, if you're interested, the guy who seems to be the most knowledgeable proponent of UBI is Scott Santens, who's…
I like the idea of Universal Basic Income. But the objection that springs immediately to my mind is: "Wouldn't that…
In Canada, welfare rates vary by province, but the least a family of four receives is $34,000 and [Prince Edward…
But in any event, the studies don’t seem to tell us how people would respond to permanent payments of more…
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Author Archives: Ampersand
The Basic Barrier
Another collaboration with the chicken-fat-mad Mike Lawrence! That trap-filled hopscotch board was entirely Mike’s idea. This is something I’ve suspected for a while—that the core reason many liberals don’t support a universal basic income (UBI) is that it just sounds … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Economics and the like
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Those Poor, Poor Billionaires
Drawing the “Muppet Gothic” in the background was so much fun! It’s funny when the extremist rhetoric I make up for my caricatures of rich right-wingers is less extreme than what some real billionaires say. In 2014, billionaire Tom Perkins … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Economics and the like
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Can We Call It Fascism Yet?
Another strip drawn by the amazing Mike Lawrence. From an official press release on whitehouse.gov, July 16 2026: Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller made clear there must be no retreat: “One of the hallmarks of left-wing violence and terrorism is … Continue reading
You’re Not Fat, You’re Beautiful
This cartoon is by me and Becky Hawkins. Becky and I were working together at a coffee shop, and Becky was talking about the movie The Devil Wears Prada. Or, more specifically, Becky was describing a podcast she’d listened to … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Fat, fat and more fat
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A Brief History of Brief Wars
Wow, did this cartoon take forever to make! So why did it take so long? First of all, history-based cartoons always take more time to research. But the research was really fruitful, because I found quotes that let me arrange … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Iran, Iraq, Korea
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Two Toms Talking Theology
This comic was drawn by R.E. Ryan, who did a great job rendering my silly version of Colonial America. In 2023, Senator Josh Hawley posted this quote, attributing it to Founding Father Patrick Henry: It cannot be emphasized too strongly … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Cartooning & comics, Religion
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Fox Goggles
It took me a few tries to write this strip. It’s the most vexing question of the Trump era, for me: How can so many people support Trump? I’ve known a bunch of Trump supporters. Many of them, in face … Continue reading
There's a (relatively) famous book by Albert Hirschman called The Rhetoric of Reaction. It's about the responses conservatives have to…