Month: December 2008

Recently I suggested that someday it might be illegal for untrained citizens to invest in stocks of individual companies because it is too risky. As regular readers know, I sometimes throw out provocative ideas just for the fun of it. I didn’t think much about that idea until after I…

In my capacity as cartoonist, I feel an obligation to simplify complicated discussions until two things happen simultaneously: 1. Absurdity is achieved. 2. The reader feels as if it all makes sense. My comic from Saturday illustrates that principle. According to Google Alerts that comic has been posted to more…

Some of you have heard this story, but I will reiterate to make a larger point. I had a mysterious voice problem that I accurately diagnosed using Google after several doctors were baffled. I woke up one day thinking my voice problem might be related in some way to my…