Thanks to Josh Benson, Tom McGeveren, Peter Lettre at Capital New York for making this review of NY Governors who became president (as seen through a Cuomo-esque lens) possible. Oh, just because. All characters played by current pols.
For my first cover for the redesigned NY Observer, art director Lauren Draper asked for a portrait of the mayor of NY, Bill DeBlasio, feeling triumphant after his signature agenda item, pre-kindergarten for all NY children, passed the legislature. Thanks to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running THIS year (and maybe again next) this will … Read more
“Bridgegate” isn’t just about a mistake that some bureaucrat made in New Jersey. It’s about Chris Christie’s using the city of Ft. Lee and surrounding towns as hostages in a political game. It’s a kind of political terrorism. And don’t think people were unhurt. Many were. As their stories come out, so too will be … Read more
Watch Meet cartoonist Steve Brodner on PBS. See more from Need To Know. Recently when the wonderful Matt Wuerker’s editorial cartooning Pulitzer triggered a hit job on the art by a writer at Slate my old pals at Need to Know decided to investigate the issue of cartooning on the web. This introduced me to … Read more
Jimmy O’Keeffe political prankster, who took himself to be the conservative answer to Michael Moore, Borat, Jon Stewart, finds himself and his network of conservo-kids (funded by the Scaifes and Coors) ready for trial and then the Slammer for illegally entering a senator’s office. Here he is on his first day in the Pen, arriving … Read more
