In my recent travels I visited Monet's home in Giverny, France. I was surprised to learn that he built the pond and the bridge for his famous Water Lilie paintings. He created what he created.

I was reminded of how Congress creates problems and later uses our money to create solutions.

O.K., Smitty. I'm back. I was in Germany on a USO sponsored visit to entertain wounded troops with cartoons. They were great. The troops, not the cartoons.

These are cartoons I drew while I was gone.