British PM, Gordon Brown, lead the way taking over banks.

I'll be at the Stow-Munroe Falls Library tomorrow at 1:00 to talk about my new children's book with Helen Thomas, The Great White House Breakout. (Helen won't be there.) I'll also carry on about my 22 year career with the Beacon Journal and my recent USO to Germany. Here's a link to a Stars and Stripes story about the trip.

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.

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.