Auchter's Art

From everyday rude treatment of service and health care workers to going ballistic at a school board meeting, children are watching and learning all of the time.

January 6 was not the first time our country has had to deal with that sort of extreme nationalistic behavior. Perhaps we can find some solace in that.

I wish all you readers a happy holiday season and a blessed new year. (What do you say we give this common good thing a try in 2022?)

I'm not feeling all high and mighty for calling them out. (And neither should Governor Whitmer and the state legislature, considering their own issues with similar shenanigans, such as stonewalling freedom of information requests.) But it is ridiculous. Not as funny as Monty Python, but nearly as ridiculous.

There are deaths and burdensome costs that we as a country endure year after year because of the inertia of the status quo. And seemingly there is nothing we can do about it.

Former President Trump is a demagogue in full-bullying mode, and a brief glance at history reveals the devastating consequences of letting somebody like that get their way.

Yes, there is boatloads of federal money that supposedly will cover all COVID-related costs, but it won't. You know it, I know it. That's just how messed up and needlessly expensive our health care system is.

So really what is meant by "Moderate Republican" is "Those Who Used to Be Known as Republican Willing to Put Country Before Party." (That's quite a word jumble for a cartoon.)

I thought deer and managing deer populations would be a topic all Michiganders might enjoy and provide something of a break from pandemic news.

It's Veterans Day next week. For those of us who have not served in the United States Armed Forces, it's sometimes difficult to know what to say to those who have. "Thank you for your service," has become something of a default.