Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Flight Security "Up in the Air"?


Air Safety Cartoon, originally uploaded by rbtenorio.

The Christmas Day bombing attempt on a US airliner has left many scared ... but what's just as scary is the security lapses in our system ... like the ebb and flow of the TIDE list and the inability to know if there really is an air marshal on board. Even Satan is a little leery in the latest episode of "The Devil Made Me Blog It"!

Friday, December 18, 2009

Obama's Blue-Light Special


Obama Nobel Speech Cartoon, originally uploaded by rbtenorio.

Those of us who followed President Obama's recent Nobel Peace Prize speech were left with a burning question: What WAS the eerie blue light that shone over Norway??? A Russian missile launch ... an alien invasion ... ghosts? Satan and Frank Faust scrutinize the possibilities in the latest episode of "The Devil Made Me Blog It"!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Sarah Palin and Chanukah


Palin Chanukah Cartoon, originally uploaded by rbtenorio.

We've already heard one Republican's take on Chanukah -- Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah. What words of wisdom might Sarah Palin have to offer? Find out in the latest episode of "The Devil Made Me Blog It"!

Friday, December 11, 2009

'Remember the Ladies' in Tiger Woods Scandal


Tiger Woods Cartoon, originally uploaded by rbtenorio.

To twist an Abigail Adams quote, that's the Devil's message to Frank Faust regarding the Tiger Woods scandal. The duo discuss this major scandal over a round of miniature golf in the latest episode of "The Devil Made Me Blog It"!

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Pagliuca: Hoop Dreams for a Senate Seat


Pagliuca Senate Cartoon, originally uploaded by rbtenorio.

Meet Stephen Pagliuca. He's the co-owner of the Boston Celtics and a long-shot Democratic candidate for the Massachusetts Senate seat held by the late Ted Kennedy. Satan gives Pagliuca some political pointers in the latest episode of “The Devil Made Me Blog It”!

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Mass. Dem Senate Primary: Personal Perspectives

One week from today, voters in my home state of Massachusetts will winnow the field of candidates for the Senate seat held until earlier this year by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. The primaries for Democrats and Republicans take place next Tuesday.
I've seen two of the Democratic candidates for the seat up close -- Attorney General Martha Coakley and Congressman Michael Capuano. When I met Coakley at a Democratic State Committee meeting last year, she came off as very approachable for a member of the press. Capuano, whom I heard at an appearance at Harvard 10 years ago, when I was an undergrad and he was beginning his first term in Congress, seemed blunter. Addressing an audience of students, he stressed that selflessness, not ego, should motivate people to enter politics.
Seems like voters find the styles of both Coakley and Capuano preferable to the two other Democratic candidates, Boston Celtics co-owner Stephen Pagliuca and City Year head Alan Khazei. In a poll last Tuesday, Coakley led all Democratic candidates with 36 percent, followed by Capuano (21), Pagliuca (14) and Khazei (14). We'll see if these results hold true on primary day.