Signs of hope? Ford reports a quarterly profit.
Cartoon follows. (which also appears here in the Editorials section)
Daylight savings time. Our "progressive" president looks increasingly like a '60s dinosaur.
Cartoon follows.
The Lions fall to the lowly Rams.
Cartoon follows. (which also appears here in the Editorials section)
CBS news anchor Katie Couric interviewed Al Gore on her web program, "@katiecouric," this week as the Goracle makes the media rounds flogging his new book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. Would she go after his blatant conflict of interest in using nonprofit dollars to promote and lobby for energy policies the adoption of which would benefit him financially? Would Katie put the ex-veep through the shredder, exposing his shallowness on the global warming issue - giving him the same treatment she gave Sarah Palin last fall?
Couric's introduction: "I'm honored to be joined today by the Godfather of Green, the King of Conservation: Former vice president Al Gore."
Nope. No bias there.
Talladega is a bumper car derby with cars flying everywhere. . . again.
Cartoon follows. (which also appears here in the Editorials section)
A lotta interesting email about this one, many claiming the U.S. system should be represented by a sickly figure. Are they kidding? U.S. is #1 in the world for accessibility of care.
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Detroit - When Washington bailed out General Motors and Chrysler, the Obama administration promised that government's role would be to make loans to ensure that the companies became viable, profitable entities again. That promise was as believable as the idea that Washington can provide universal health care and cut federal spending - and sure enough, Washington pols have been eager to play auto mechanic.
A few examples:
Greenback mandates. While D.C. pols insist on the one hand that Detroit build the green cars politicians want, federal pay caps are making it difficult for the automakers to keep key green-friendly executives. Case in point: the ultra-green, electric Chevy Volt program has lost two top execs in the last two months. Last week, Frank Weber, the German-born engineer in charge of the Volt, moved back to his mother country to work for Opel. Just a month before, Bob Kruse, executive director of engineering for all GM plug-ins, left for the consulting industry. . . .
Read full article here.
Michigan misses the boat. An old saying - but a very descriptive cartoon metaphor. (which also appears here in the Editorials section)
Soupy Sales was before my time - but is fondly remembered by a generation of baby Boomers. And how can I resist Soupy's signature - the pie in the face?
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The alternate press continues to beat the MSM on key stories. Glenn Beck breaks this blockbuster: The Obama's chief of communications is a Mao groupie. Mao, of course, is Stalinesque in his murder resume - yet the MSM has looked the other way.
Cartoon follows.
Henry Payne is the editorial cartoonist for The Detroit News.
A writer as well as a Pulitzer Prize-nominated cartoonist, he produces five local cartoons a week, draws a weekly column called "Payne & Ink," a weekly auto cartoon for Autos Insider, and contributes occasional articles to the op-ed section.
Payne also produces six cartoons a week on national issues for United Feature Syndicate in New York which distributes his work to an additional 60 clients worldwide. His work has been reprinted in The New York Times, USA Today, and National Review.
As a writer, Payne is a regular contributor to National Review on economic, political and environmental issues, and his articles have also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, the Weekly Standard magazine, Reason, and other publications.
This variety of work is all compiled here on his News blog page, as well as anything else that may be on his mind.
Payne came to The News in 1999 from Scripps Howard News Service in Washington, DC. He has published three books, including two children's books for Random House. Born in West Virginia in1962, Payne is a graduate of Princeton University. He is an active race car driver, and lives with wife and two children in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
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