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Smoot-Hawley
on March 7, 2018
Chapter: 2018 - March
Characters: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover
Location: Jefferson Memorial
Today’s comic is loosely adapted from my sheer amusement of watching Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, explain on national television why the proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum are nothing to worry about by holding up a soup can. Is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
State of the Union
on January 30, 2018
Chapter: 2018 - January
Characters: Donald Trump, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George Washington, Lyndon B Johnson, Thomas Jefferson, Woodrow Wilson
Location: House Chamber
Antideficiency Act
I personally believe that if your only leverage to protect vulnerable people from randomly having their lives destroyed is shutting down the government, then by all means, shut down the government.
Shutdown
on January 22, 2018
There are 13 official presidential libraries operated by the National Archives and Records Administration. The first was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s, who, for the first time, decided to leave his personal papers to the public. It kicked off a tradition with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
March of Dimes
on January 3, 2018
Chapter: 2018 - January
Characters: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland 2
Location: White House
Happy 80th anniversary to the March of Dimes! The efforts initially led by Franklin Delano Roosevelt would lead to an almost immediate reversal of the polio crisis – from tens of thousands of new cases with children dying in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
White House Christmas Traditions
on December 22, 2017
Chapter: 2017 - December
Characters: Benjamin Harrison, Donald Trump, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George W Bush, Grover Cleveland 2, Theodore Roosevelt
Location: White House
Bill of Rights Day
on December 15, 2017
A reminder from one of my favorite Founding Fathers, James Wilson, that in most states, today is the last day to sign up for 2018 healthcare coverage at Healthcare.gov. A right that, despite being the “greatest country in the world,”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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on November 3, 2017
Chapter: 2017 - November
Characters: Adolf Hitler, Andrew Jackson, Chester A Arthur, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George Washington, John Adams, John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson
Location: Miscellany
Magic Shantyvator
on October 27, 2017
Thank you for indulging me my Hoover/Wonka tale to commemorate the week of the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Also, a very happy birthday to Theodore Roosevelt! (And me!)
