Tom Oliphant and Auth nails it.

[alfredo]

[bleever]

1. Two good ones. (Pat Oliphant is the first cartoonist; Tom is the

political commentator.)

[alfredo]

5. Sorry. my mistake

[Maraya1969]

2. I think the stem cell is too big

You have to use a microscope to see it. But they are two great cartoons non the less.

[paineinthearse]

3. Not Tom Oliphant

Tom has been ill for some time, recovering from a brain embolism. I hear he is progressing.



http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/oliphant/bio/

Thomas Oliphant has been a correspondent for The Boston Globe since 1968 and its Washington columnist since 1989. A native of Brooklyn, a product of La Jolla High School in California, and a 1967 graduate of Harvard College, he has been with the paper in Washington since 1970. Prior to that he covered the political, urban, and campus unrest of the 1960s.

In Washington he has written about the economy, from Richard Nixon's wage and price controls to Ronald Reagan's $200 billion deficits, to Bill Clinton's balanced budget; the energy crisis and its aftermath; the Watergate, Iran-Contra, and Clinton scandals; every presidential campaign since 1968; and every White House since Lyndon Johnson's.

Following President Nixon's resignation, Oliphant was one of three editors on special assignment who managed the Globe's coverage of Boston's traumatic school desegregation, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1975. He co-authored a series of special editorials on the energy crisis, which was the runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize in 1980. Oliphant has also won the writing award given by the American Society of Newspaper Editors, among other official recognitions.

Oliphant obtained the Pentagon Papers for Globe in 1971, and his coverage of the occupation of Wounded Knee, S.D., in 1973 earned him the Elijah Thomas Lovejoy Award, as well as a three-count criminal indictment from the Nixon Justice Department, eventually dismissed.

A frequent guest on television, Oliphant was the the analyst for PBS's live coverage of President Clinton's impeachment trial with Jim Lehrer. He has also appeared on ABC's "Nightline," the "McNeill-Lehrer Report," "Face The Nation," "The Today Show," "Good Morning America" and "CBS This Morning."

His account of the 1988 presidential campaign, "All By Myself," written with Christine Black, was published in 1989. He has been named one of the country's Top Ten political writers and one of Washington's 50 most influential journalists by Washington Magazine.

Mr. Oliphant lives in Washington with his wife, CBS correspondent Susan Spencer, when they are not growing hay on their farm near Sperryville, Va.

[alfredo]

4. Nothing but the best for Tom.

[WillyT]

6. Tom Has Also Appeared Twice On The Al Franken Show Since...

his aneurysm. He is still exceedingly witty, and seems to be recovering very well, especially since a brain aneurysm is usually an instant death warrant.

:shrug:

My question...

what's the first name of the Oliphant that does the comic???

[AndreaCG]

7. Pat Oliphant?