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The original artwork of Walt Handelsman, the nationally syndicated and
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, is on auction at www.ebay.com - search
for Handelsman.
Walt Handelsman is the staff editorial cartoonist for The Times-Picayune
daily newspaper in New Orleans, Louisiana. Walt's cartoons appear
regularly in Newsweek, The New York Times and USA TODAY.
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Cartoon comments upon the high gas prices motorists in the U.S. have had
to deal with this summer. Prices rose above $2 a gallon in Chicago and
other cities in the Midwest, which resulted in finger-pointing by the big
oil companies, environmentalists, sport utility vehicle owners, and
politicians including George W. Bush, Al Gore and Bill Clinton.
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Cartoon comments upon the announcement that the new media company -
America Online (AOL) - would merge in a large Wall Street stock market
transaction with old media conglomerate - TIME/Warner - parent to TIME
magazine, Warner Brothers records, CNN cable networks, Home Box Office
(HBO), and many other companies.
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Cartoon comments upon the noted tobacco and cigarette company Philip
Morris, which also owns Kraft foods, acquiring snack-food giant NABISCO,
maker of Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz crackers, Planters nuts and
Life Savers candy, in a stock market purchase.
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Cartoon comments upon the 2000 U.S. Census which generated much
controversy this year and in the years prior to its being taken. The 2000
edition of the “every ten years enumeration of the population of the
United States” was the subject of lawsuits, political posturing, and
various court decisions. Much of the controversy surrounded the proposed
use of statistical sampling (favored by President Clinton and the
Democrat party) vs. an actual head count (favored by Republicans).
Further complications errupted around the amount of detail and types of
questions that were found in the long form which a smaller number of
people received.
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Cartoon comments upon the early campaign style of the Republican nominee
for president, George W. Bush, Governor of the Lone Star State of Texas
and son of former President George Bush. Compassionate conservatism and
his famous smirk were early identifying traits that the national media
latched onto along with his inability to name leaders of certain foreign
countries.
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