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What will be the comic strip of the decade? Brad Stone of Newsweek asks the question. I guess I have about six more years to answer it for him.

You cannot write better comedy: Arnold Schwarzenegger, movie star, and Gary Coleman, former child TV star, both run for the governorship of the state of California. I made a reference to Schwarzenegger's potential run in the July 20 Small World cartoon aka "Celebrating America's BIG Problems". But, oh, if I'd only had Gary Coleman in there as a punchline.

From Fox News: Schwarzenegger to Run in California Recall Race

Let the Generational Wars begin: As my "X" generation and I grow older, I've been increasingly wary of what the post World War II "Boomer" generation has in store for us. Radley Balko of The Agitator weblog has a column on Fox News that details what should become increasingly obvious in the near future. Many Boomers are fine folks. I'm just afraid what their collective might means for Social Security and our taxation levels.

From the Small World Archives: Social Insecurity, May 24, 2002