Pat Oliphant has died. Originally from Australia, Oliphant found his way to America, where he established himself as one of the leading political cartoonists. He was an exceptionally gifted draftsman, with a loose and seemingly effortless drawing style.
Here’s the NYTimes obit/appreciation:
Thanks to babying my foot yesterday, it held up reasonably well today to walk around Sail Boston.
Argh. My stupid foot is failing me again, but it’s my brain that’s stupid. Following my usual pattern, as my jogging (too slow to call it running) was improving, I pushed my ankle, and my luck, too far. So, I’m back in the boot I first wore 20(!) years ago.
I was out of bed at 7:00 this morning. Early for me on a Sunday.
Checking the news, I saw that Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky had died. No surprise there.
Wait. That’s not McConnell. What the ding-dong heck? Senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina is dead?? Don’t tell Mitch!
ICE performs another summary street execution without cause.
This Frontline documentary can’t be embedded, but it’s available at the link.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/caught-in-the-crackdown/
I’ve seen Pressure again, a movie that is certain to be nominated for Best Picture. A second viewing makes it clear that, underneath all of the D-Day drama in Pressure, there is a love letter to Kay Summersby.
