Category Archives: Economics and the like

Star Wars Muppet Health Care Mashup Original Art being auctioned to help pay for a stranger's health care

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Ampersand

Here’s my cartoon from this past April’s issue of Dollars and Sense. (Click on the cartoon to see a larger version.) To tell you the truth, I can’t draw Darth’s helmet to save my life. So I turned to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Health Care and Related Issues | 15 Comments

Genocide

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Julie

This is genocide: CROW AGENCY, Mont. – Ta’Shon Rain Little Light, a happy little girl who loved to dance and dress up in traditional American Indian clothes, had stopped eating and walking. She complained constantly to her mother that her … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Health Care and Related Issues, Race, racism and related issues | 10 Comments

Ideology versus Effect

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Myca

As long as we’re discussing Libertarianism, I was struck today by a bit from one of Kevin Drum’s posts: And the second piece of TV news? Something that’s close to my heart: broadcasters have promised Congress that by September they … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like | 4 Comments

Why Are So Many Libertarians Republicans?

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Ampersand

The other day, I quoted from Bruce Bartlett’s editorial about libertarians. It’s worth quoting more: Libertarians’ views on social policy and national defense make them sympathetic to the Democrats, while their views on economic policy tend to align them with … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Economics and the like, Libertarianism | 47 Comments

From the mailbag: If Libertarians Were Housepets

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Ampersand

That’s an old cartoon, but I like it, and so I’ll take any excuse to post it. Such as this email I received from “Mark”: Just caught your “If Housepets were Libertarians” cartoon Boy are you confused about what Libertarians … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Economics and the like, Libertarianism | 136 Comments

Michele Bachmann Keeps Talking

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

Is it me, or is Our Michele suddenly everywhere? And can we get her to not be? Taking it in reverse order, earlier today she launched into a hateful anti-gay diatribe, which, while overshadowed by Rep. Virginia Foxx’s lies, still … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Economics and the like | 2 Comments

Here Comes Another Post About Mexico

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

Auguste is right — this really might be the dumbest cartoon ever in the history of the entire universe. And this is not just the universe where Chris Muir lives, but the one Bruce Tinsley lives in, too! I’m not … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Health Care and Related Issues, Immigration, Migrant Rights, etc, Latin America | 33 Comments

The Truth is Out There

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

The anti-choice activists have completely dispensed with reality, and have gone on to just making stuff up: The Obama administration’s actions to respond to the outbreak of swine flu, including its declaration of a public health emergency, smacks of an … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Health Care and Related Issues, Latin America | 13 Comments

Quote on "Idea Marketplace" by Anarchist Magazine, Fifth Estate

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Mandolin

A friend of mine who writes for the anarchist magazine The Fifth Estate recently sent me their headline story for Spring 2009, issue #380. The piece by Henry Reed discusses the exorbitantly long sentences given to “terrorists” who damage property … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like, Environmental issues | 38 Comments

Quote

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Ampersand

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like | 39 Comments