Ellen Goodman: 'Letting herself go' as retirement begins - Democrat and Chronicle
There is something fitting about writing my last column on the cusp of the new year. January, after all, is named for the Roman god of beginnings and endings. He looked backward and forward at the same time. So am I. I wish I could find the right

Starting With Lines, but Ending With Truth - New York Times
Tributes to David Levine, who died on Tuesday at 83, have been mulling over his place among today’s cartoonists and caricaturists. Fair enough. But his genius was really that he wasn’t like anybody else. Art Spiegelman used the word “sobriety

Illustration From “Footnotes in Gaza” - New York Times
Sacco will find readers for “Footnotes in Gaza” far into the future because of the unique format and style of his comic-book narrative. He stands alone as a reporter-cartoonist because his ability to tell a story through his art is combined with

Sarkozy fights to save carbon tax - Financial Times
Nicolas Sarkozy’s government was scrambling to salvage its flagship carbon tax on Wednesday after the constitutional council struck down the measure just two days before it was due to come into force. The council, which rules on the validity of

Cowboys, Mother Teresa, Hepburn on U.S. stamps next year - MyCentralJersey.com
WASHINGTON — Nobel Prize winner Mother Teresa and Pulitzer Prize winner Bill Mauldin will be honored on U.S. postage stamps next year. Joining them will be Oscar-winning actress Katharine Hepburn, singing cowboy Gene Autry, artist Winslow Homer and