Toon & text by John Auchter Credit where credit is due. The punchline came from a friend. We were talking over lunch trying to reconcile the events of the past week: The Republican/Trump tax bill, the Alabama Senate race, travel-ban decisions, North Korean missiles, the … [Read more...]
Auchtoon time: The Michigan way: When no one has benefits, we’ll all be happy … right?
Toon and text by John Auchter Ugh! This again! So earlier this week the story broke that Senate Majority Leader, Arlan Meekhof, and Speaker of the House, Tom Leonard, were making cuts to teacher retirement benefits a top priority in the state budget. Specifically, they want to … [Read more...]
This week’s Auchtoon: Obfuscate is clearly state government’s official new tactic
'Toon & text by John Auchter It’s more than a little pretentious to create a very wordy cartoon around a word I have a difficult time pronouncing, but obfuscate is the perfect fit here. It means to render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible, and it is a tactic used more … [Read more...]
This week’s Auchtoon: Maybe regulations aren’t so bad after all
In the cartoon series South Park, there is a classic episode titled "Gnomes." In that episode, a high-strung, over-caffeinated boy named Tweek is freaked out when gnomes repeatedly sneak into his bedroom at night to steal his underpants from his dresser. Tweek tells his fellow … [Read more...]
This week’s Auchtoon: Explaining the Trump phenomenon
There are few universally shared experiences these days. The ability to indulge our varied interests makes points of intersection increasingly rare. One of the few exceptions is layoffs. Whether you have direct experience with the swinging axe or just near misses, we are all … [Read more...]