Here’s what Dick Cheney’s daughter, Liz, believes: A committee of five Norwegians awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama because he represents a weaker, more pliant America. An America that can no longer “go it alone,” when necessary. Liz’s dad, of course, wholeheartedly agrees with her.

My view on health care reform will outrage many: I support a single-payer system. There, I said it.
BUT, for those of you who’ve just written me off as a “socialist,” please bear with me for a few paragraphs before you…pull the plug. Or call me a LIAR!
At this point in the debate, I don’t care [...]

The Obama administration is mired in the swamp of health care reform. Perhaps it’s time to change the subject? Time to stand up and shout, “IT’S AFGHANISTAN, STUPID!”
Will Afghanistan be Barack Obama’s Vietnam? NO. It will be his… Afghanistan. And that’s trouble enough!
First, a bit of background:
The Reagan administration liked to crow about how they’d [...]

Yep — this is a cheap shot! I make a living at it, however measly.
But, come to think of it, I have something in common with the esteemed professor Henry Louis Gates: Nineteen years ago, I was held at gunpoint by three policemen right outside my own studio door. And I’m unmistakably white!
The incident started [...]

In December of 2008, Tribune Media Services, my syndicate at the time, commissioned me to draw an illustration featuring Barack Obama and several of our other presidents, for a special Inaugural Edition to be published by The Chicago Tribune.
Recently, I’ve been asked why there are two versions of this illustration? The one posted to the [...]

Something must be wrong with me. Three giants of showbiz died two weeks ago, yet I wasn’t a big fan of any of them.
Ed McMahon? He was a very talented pitchman. But I preferred the hilarious send-up of McMahon, in the guise of “Hank Kingsley,” on “The Larry Sanders Show.” Actor Jeffrey Tambor’s signature Kingsleyism, [...]

Well, so much for Barack Obama cozying up to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. At least in the foreseeable future. Still, I believe the Obama administration is right to seek dialogue with its adversaries, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney having shown the limits of America’s go-it-alone, my-way-or-the-highway “diplomacy.”
I suspect the hardliners in Iran were determined to keep [...]

I, for one, am glad President Obama has chosen the first Latina to be his first nominee to the Supreme Court. And, should Obama get another pick, or two or three, I recommend that men need not apply. With 110 males having served on the High Court, but only two females, I think the guys [...]

Think about it — he’s got the steady, piercing stare, the same long upper lip, and a hairline that mimics the hairstyle of Mr. Spock. What’s more, Barack Obama speaks in carefully measured tones and perfect syntax (even if assisted by an omnipresent Teleprompter). Above all, the president values logic, and reserves little time for [...]

“Happy Mother’s Day, Elizabeth! Happy Mother’s Day, Rielle! Two Moms for the Two Americas! Love, John.”
I won’t pass further judgment here, though it’s always easy to take pot shots with pen and ink. But I will suggest that John Edwards never LOOKED enough like a president to be taken seriously. Of course, George W. Bush [...]