An essay on the flaws of Clinton’s messaging in the 2016 campaign
by Ron Ovadia | Nov. 15, 2016

Did you get the message, Democrats? Especially party leaders who smugly predicted a Hillary Clinton landslide in the presidential election only to realize there were no glass ceilings shattered, only a party left in shambles. The message is, the Democrats didn’t really have a message. Sure, the election autopsy reveals as many findings as there were scalpels cutting through the Democratic corpse, but most of the intervening events were external forces that couldn’t be controlled. Even the glaring problem Clinton brought on herself, the poor judgment of using private email servers, could have been diffused with more forthright transparency and contrition from day one. In truth, in spite of the perfect storm of myriad events that influenced the 2016 election, Clinton could have and should have still won the election. So why didn’t she? Read the rest of this entry »

“I was ready to help her, Bill!”
Langer’s Deli, Los Angeles (2016)

A bumper sticker
by Ron Ovadia | February 16, 2007

A satire
by Ron Ovadia | February 15, 2017

WASHINGTON D.C – White House Counsel Kellyanne Conway is stepping down from her current job and will be working directly with Ivanka Trump to promote her fashion line, sources leaked today. Conway said she did it voluntarily, though only an hour later White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer insisted the president had politely asked Conway to “get out of my face.”

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A call to action for members of Congress
by Ron Ovadia | February 11, 2017

It’s no laughing matter.

We listened to candidate Trump boast and bluster in the run-up to the election, and we waited for him to pivot as president. No such luck. Instead of dialing back, President Trump has doubled down. All of his character flaws displayed during the campaign have painfully panned out. He is ill-tempered, thin-skinned, confrontational, vindictive, and seemingly incapable of accepting criticism, adapting, and adjusting course – thus far. Read the rest of this entry »

A political cartoon
Concept by Ron Ovadia | Illustration by Fred Krickel (2017)

A political cartoon
By Fred Krickel, with Ron Ovadia (2017)

A political cartoon preceding the first Clinton-Trump debate (2016)
Concept by Ron Ovadia | Illustration by Fred Krickel

A book on the Obama’s dog, Bo (2009)
Written by Ron Grant and Ron Ovadia | Illustrated by Dave Garbot