Brookline Pledges Its Dissent

Pledge Cartoon copy, a photo by rbtenorio on Flickr.

A group in the town of Brookline, Mass., wants to ban the Pledge of Allegiance in the public schools -- 10 years after 9/11, no less. Yet Satan thinks this is right in line with sound capitalist principles in the latest episode of "The Devil Made Me Blog It"!

Boehner's Selective Shutdown

Boehner Shutdown Cartoon, originally uploaded by rbtenorio.

Satan suggests that when House Speaker John Boehner shuts down the government, he should leave room for a few exemptions in the latest episode of "The Devil Made Me Blog It"!

Tax Cuts: Path of No Return?

Obama Tax Cuts Cartoon, originally uploaded by rbtenorio.

President Obama wants to extend the Bush tax cuts, and his fellow Democrats aren't happy. Satan and Frank Faust pick up the debate in the latest episode of "The Devil Made Me Blog It"!

3 Or Not 3, That Is the Question

Question 3 Cartoon, originally uploaded by rbtenorio.

Ballot question 3 in Massachusetts would cut the state sales tax if passed (by a few percentage points). Would the gain to consumers be offset by losses to education and police funding? Satan and Frank Faust weigh the pros and cons in the latest episode of "The Devil Made Me Blog It"!

Tea Party Rage, Explained

Tea Party Anger Cartoon, originally uploaded by rbtenorio.

They've gotten (grudging) props from NYT columnist David Brooks and about one out of every five Americans considers themselves a member. But just what, exactly, is the Tea Party movement so angry about? Satan breaks it down for Frank Faust in the latest episode of "The Devil Made Me Blog It"!

Barack-Buffett Brouhaha Brewing?

Warren Buffett Cartoon, originally uploaded by rbtenorio.

Remember Warren Buffett, one of the world's richest men whom both Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain discussed as a possible Treasury Secretary during Campaign '08?
Well, now Tax Day is a few months ahead, the anti-corporate Tea Party movement is in full swing, and President Obama is blasting the Supreme Court's recent pro-Wall Street decision. What does the Sage of Omaha have to say about all this? Find out in the latest episode of "The Devil Made Me Blog It"!

GOP parties like it's 1773!

Tea Party, originally uploaded by rbtenorio.

On Tax Day 2009, Republicans across the United States "celebrated" by throwing "tea parties." Satan joins in the fun in a tax-deductible episode of "The Devil Made Me Blog It"!

Obama to create a "Hope Tax"?

Taxes Cartoon
Originally uploaded by rbtenorio

President-elect Barack Obama is busy putting together his economic team. What will be his first major economic step? Mephistopheles thinks our 44th president will soon institute a "Hope Tax" in the latest episode of "The Devil Made Me Blog It"!