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Any discussion of alternative energy forms soon degenerates into an either-or,
all-or-nothing shouting match/ignore-fest. Online comments on this one were
no different. (Background: Plans advance to at least study the feasibility of a
wind farm on Lake Erie, which is also one of the busiest "highways" for the
shipping of coal to power plants).
Political parties need women (voters), and chase them with a level of expertise and
social acumen seen only every Friday night.
The only constructive thing I could think of to say about the Susan G. Komen/
Planned Parenthood mess.
Planned Parenthood mess.
Asian carp in the Great Lakes? Solution: Lawsuit across party lines. That always works.
This one never gets old, because the topic (competing tax breaks and spending) does.
Gun violence in Toledo, Ohio, drawn for the Toledo Free Press.
Some have already noted the commonalities between the Occupy Wall Street/Your Street protests and the Tea Party. A customized version of this (localized sign and background) was done for the Toledo Free Press, after Toledo joined (sorta) the list of cities that were Occupied.
More algae in Lake Erie. Papers and TV are reporting the latest special interest group's report and finger-pointing stenographically. Public posturing equally simplistic and self-serving. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Those pro- and anti- the right of state employees to collectively bargain tossed around all kinds of facts and figures, but the stealth raises given to state government staffers at the same time makes you wonder whether it's about saving money.
In the same day, a ticket taker in Windsor, Ontario, accepted a US$20 bill with a thanks, a smile and an "enjoy the show" and a toll taker on the Ohio Turnpike sorted through my change and handed back a Canadian nickel. It's a result of bank policies in the two countries; Canadian merchants know they'll be able to redeem the value of any U.S. money they take in, while U.S. merchants know they're out of luck if it's anything but greenbacks or plastic.
For the anniversary of 9/11, I revisited a 10-year-old cartoon of mine, with a little extra commentary.
For the Toledo Free Press, which didn't exist on 9/11, I looked back at something good that happened in the Toledo area just after 9/11. The building in the background is the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo in Perrysburg.
A local take on the stock market for the Free Press in Toledo, where
a panhandling restriction is under consideration.
Toledo Free Press
Toledo Free Press ... it's true; I found out about the closing of a local newspaper on Facebook.