Pétanque in Bryant Park

As part of my New York Scenes series for The New Yorker I recently drew the Bocce (or Pétanque) players in Bryant Park.  These guys play at lunch time and have a ball (actually more than one). The first piece was deemed too observant: the main fellow might not like all this attention.  So a … Read more

Abraham Wonka and the Anti-Defamation Factory

In the current  controversy over the proposed Muslim Center near the World Trade Center site we seem to have slipped from condemning radical Islam to Islam in general. This, in spite of the immense sacrifices our troops are making in the cause of moderate Islam overseas. Now this proposed Center, the model of moderation, with … Read more

Happy Birthday Mr. President

Today President Obama is 49.  With a depression, two wars, an obstructionist Congress, a simple-minded press and a moronic minority in full holler a lesser man would have trouble getting out of bed. And he seems never to break a sweat.  Maybe it’s time.