The New York Times has an interesting webpage on President Obama’s budget proposal. It gives a good, quick depiction of how you end up with a budget that contemplates spending $3.8 trillion. I repeat: $3.8 trillion! I know that the President and his aides have been talking a lot about fiscal discipline, making hard choices, [...]
Archive for February 2nd, 2010
The Proposed Budget, Box By Box
Posted in America, Politics, The Economy, tagged America, Budget Deficit, economy, Politics, President Obama on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The (Modern) Golden Age Of Comics
Posted in Comics, Humor, tagged Calvin & Hobbes, Comics, Dilbert, Humor, The Far Side on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I enjoyed Richard’s post on Bill Watterson, and it reminded me of how much I miss the comics pages from the late ’80s and early ’90s. At that time, there were three comic strips that were must reading: Calvin & Hobbes, The Far Side, and Dilbert. All were radical departures from the popular comic strips [...]
Bill Watterson Speaks
Posted in Comics, tagged Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes, J.D. Salinger on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin & Hobbes, recently gave his first interview in over twenty years. He didn’t say much, unfortunately, but he did talk about his reasons for ending the strip: “By the end of 10 years, I’d said pretty much everything I had come there to say,” Watterson says. “If I had rolled along… [...]
