Monday Notes

It's sure inconvenient when your best idea happens to be the one that will take hours to draw. This image of congressional members up for reelection this year wanting to keep their distance from Bush was my best State of the Union idea, but drawing the entire Congress averting their eyes was a challenge. And why do I always think of these labor-intensive ideas on Mondays, when we shoehorn an hour-long editorial board meeting into the afternoon?

I'm torn about Mallory's closed meetings. Clearly the people have the right to watch our business conducted in public. On the other hand, we've toured that sausage factory for years during chaotic council meetings and it's hard to say I miss it.