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The Passion of the Whistleblower

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Following last week’s conviction of Bradley Manning for leaking video evidence of unrestrained murder of civilians by the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as numerous other classified cables, I wanted to draw something commenting on the bravery of both Manning and Edward Snowden in exposing wrong-doing covered up or even sanctioned by the US Government, in spite of the consequences they surely knew they would suffer…

Short Leash

Friday, August 16, 2013

I find the trend of all the world’s major media outlets falling into the hands of a privileged few very disturbing. The Gilded Age already taught us how that usually turns out, and I’d rather if we didn’t have to have another such lesson!

Get Rid of the Seaward

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Tags: anchor, Arrested Development, Barack Obama, boat, Congress, Do-nothing Congress, drowning, GOP, Lucille Bluth, Obama, ocean, President Obama, Republican, Republican obstructionism, Republican Party, swimming, Uncle Sam, water

Torch of Liberty

Saturday, June 29, 2013

I thought the “free at last” segment from Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech might be repurposed to refer to this decision as a backwards step for Civil Rights if I were to pair it with an image that was neither subtle, nor easily-misinterpreted…

Undermining Liberty

Saturday, June 15, 2013

The idea of a database containing who-knows-how-much personal information communicated by who-knows-how-many people, with no individual or public oversight of its contents, is awe-inspiring, and terrifyingly Orwellian, whether it’s being kept in the name of “fighting terrorism” or “the free market.”