Some Tea Partiers admit mistakes were made. Others are quick to describe the movement’s recent efforts in the political arena as not quite ready for prime time.Afghan police went on alert yesterday to guard against demonstrations triggered by a U.S. church’s plan to burn a copy of the Quran on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, which has drawn global condemnation.Ready to tackle all those home-repair projects you’ve been putting off in favor of days down the shore? Head to the West Philly Tool Library, where homeowners can borrow an unlimited number of tools and ladders for up to seven days. It costs just $20 for a yearly membership, and “tool librarians” are always on hand to lend expert advice.Architect Pete Dye doesn’t build run-of-the-mill golf courses. His designs are sought out nationwide by golfers looking for the most innovative and demanding layouts the game has to offer. A Dye course becomes a destination unto itself.On Mondays, Jackie Burns doesn’t talk. It’s her day off, and she needs the vocal break.While you can certainly find a decent number of micro-brews on tap at the city’s better pubs, it’s safe to say you won’t see a selection like this anywhere else when the Massachusetts Brewers Guild holds the Mass Brewers Summerfest on Friday. The festival brings 80 local craft beers from more than 20 breweries all together in one place.Every time the Ghost of Britney Spears puts on a new weave and speaks coherently for a couple of months, she has to go and creep us out again.He’s got three Super Bowl rings, 30,844 career passing yards, 15 AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors and more offensive targets than he knows what to do with.There were 255 names called during the 2010 NFL Draft, but Dane Fletcher didn’t hear his.
The election of President Barack Obama signaled a shift on many fronts, not the least of which was the daily grind of editorial cartoonists who thrive off of political storylines.
“I’m going to miss the GOP crowd, they were such a cornucopia of riches,” said Dan Wasserman, editorial cartoonist for The Boston Globe.
Wasserman and colleagues Mike Luckovich of The Atlanta Journal Constitution and Joel Pett of the Lexington Herald-Leader shared the stage yesterday at the John F. Kennedy Library & Museum for a discussion on how they chronicle presidential elections, most notably Obama’s recent win.
It was part of a record-setting attendance day at the library and added levity to a holiday often marked with reserved praise for bygone leaders. The latest to leave office was the primary target.
“I was so scared not to have [former President George Bush] in office anymore,” said Luckovich, who gained notoriety for his depictions of Bush with ears that grew in size as his presidency lasted. “He was such a screw-up it gave us such great material.”
Pett said the worst career advice he ever received was to keep his mouth shut if he had nothing good to say, and Luckovich described the trio’s profession as a negative art form.
Sometimes the positives are unavoidable, however.
Wasserman’s cartoon from Nov. 5, 2008, depicted a white and black man leaving a polling station. The white man asks how long the wait was, to which his companion replied, “Only a few hundred years.”
With that on display hundreds in the Stephen Smith Center roared in appreciation.
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