The Hungry, Hungry Elephant

Here’s Mother Jones’ and my first post-election collaboration: the GOP as the party of crazy. This was for a package that included a great Kevin Drum piece that lays out what you would have to be asleep not to see, that the Republican party had better shake hands with reality before it becomes an irrelevant … Read more

The Grey Wolf

This drawing of a grey wolf in snow reminds us that wolves are being hunted mercilessly in states like Montana and Idaho, after Congress has eliminated them from the endangered lists. It is the intention in some states to eradicate them. SIGN HERE: https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2437 to raise your voice, which of course, counts.

Contented Cow

    This Independence Day we can celebrate a revolution in our thinking about food.  The happy beef cow above is a vision of the way things could be.  In last Sunday’s Washington Post piece on what agribusiness has turned into (and what it is turning US into), Traci McMillan, to paraphrase, submits facts to … Read more

SEA TURTLES!

I can’t think of too many things more beautiful than a sea turtle.  My black and white drawing doesn’t do any justice to these amazing creatures.  They come in the morst brilliant color combinations.  They bring majesty and magic to the seas. And, as a result, we love them. US kids go to nesting grounds … Read more