Bob McCarty Writes

Cartoonist David Donar of Political Graffiti seems to have come up with a solution to two issues at the center of heated debates — health care reform and airport security. By having Transportation Security Administration screeners perform some basic health care screenings in conjunction with their passenger-screening duties, we can tackle both problems and realize [...]

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Thanks to contributors David Donar at Political Graffiti, Curtis D. Tucker at Curtoons.com and “Michael” at the now-defunct My Personal Litmus blog, I was able to share a great number of fantastic editorial cartoons.  Below, I share the second five of my Top 10 favorites of 2009 in no particular order.  Click on any image [...]

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Thanks to contributors David Donar at Political Graffiti, Curtis D. Tucker at Curtoons.com and “Michael” at the now-defunct My Personal Litmus blog, I was able to share a great number of fantastic editorial cartoons.  Below, I share the first five of my Top 10 favorites of 2009 in no particular order.  Click on any image [...]

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In a day and age when elected officials in Washington, D.C., seem to be treating the American people more like turkeys than bosses, I offer the Thanksgiving Day cartoon above as representative of how many Americans feel on this special day. Though I’m not advocating violence against elected officials (at least, not yet), the thought [...]

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According to one media report, President Barack Obama made strident comments about China’s human rights record Tuesday, but tempered his remarks with praise of Beijing’s growing economic sophistication and support for its efforts to reunite with Taiwan.  Out of sight of reporters, however, I suspect the 44th president was willing to make a deal with [...]

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Almost daily, it seems a new explanation surfaces as a possible explanation for the behavior of two Northwest Airlines pilots whose aircraft overshot the runway at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport by 100 miles before turning around and landing safely.  Were they sleeping, arguing or preoccupied with surfing the internet on their laptops? NWA already [...]

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For several hours Thursday afternoon, Americans were riveted to their television sets, having been told that a 6-year-old boy might be inside an accidentally-launched homemade balloon as it soared out of control across the skies of Colorado.  Today, “news” of another runaway balloon spotted in the skies above Washington, D.C., is attracting much less concern.  [...]

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