Since the newspapers that generate over 90% of the news began tanking in the 1990s, we have repeatedly been told that some magic bullet, usually technological but not always, was going to save the industry.
Los Angeles Times Cartoon: Porn Teacher
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I draw cartoons for The Los Angeles Times about issues related to California and the Southland (metro Los Angeles).
This week: A science teacher at an intermediate school in Oxnard, California was fired after students claimed to have seen her in a porn movie. No one asked why children were watching porn movies, which is illegal. (Acting in porn, on the other hand, is legal.)
Capitalism Comes to China
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In the latest manifestation of how consumer capitalism has transformed former Communist China, a 17-year-old high school student recently sold his kidney in order to buy an iPhone and an iPad.
Window Shopping During a Time of Revolution
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As revolution looms, Americans size up their options for the future.
Steve Jobs, RIP (Sneak Peak)
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Steve Jobs steps back a bit from Apple; the media lionizes him as the Tech Messiah.
Does Hell Have Wifi?
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If successful, the Portland bomb plot would have killed a record number of hipsters. Now the young and ironically detached are assessing what really matters in life: wifi.
