John Auchter
Contributor, Auchter's ArtJohn has created Michigan-based editorial cartoons for the Grand Rapids Business Journal, the Grand Rapids Press, and MLive Newspapers. His cartoons are currently featured at MichiganPublic.org and are syndicated to newspapers through the Michigan Press Association. John is an active member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) and is the current Vice President. You can view an archive of his editorial work and other cartoons at Auchtoon.com.
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As it turns out, there is a difference between a trillion and a billion. A large difference. A 1,000 times difference. And if you do the math, our Republican representatives and our current president just overspent 3,091 times more than they "saved." -
My dear Mr. President, let us not be so selective in our demands for transparency. You and many, many of your appointees rode the Jeffrey Epstein story into office. Release the findings. -
Right now, it's a particularly good time to be a Michigan sports fan. To the astonishment of all, the Tigers have the best record in Major League Baseball. The Lions are a popular Super Bowl pick. The Pistons are ascending. -
Happy Independence Day to our fragile young republic — here's to all the good we've been and to all the good we hope to be! -
It's not that I'm surprised by the astonishing callousness of these Republican U.S. Senators. In fact, it helps explain the cruelty of the budget bill they are crafting. -
It's easy to say you want transparency in government when you aren't in government. It's even easier to say it when you want to get elected. But apparently it's very difficult to make it happen once you're elected. -
If you actively dislike an organization and don't believe in its worth, why would you expect them to want people like you to be on their team? -
What was Santa Ono thinking? It's Florida. Florida! Did he really think it was going to be a seamless transition from Ann Arbor to (checks notes) the Jim Crow Wannabe Era? -
Is anybody else bothered by politicians in full embrace of technologies they know very little about while they are summarily rejecting and defunding the scientific and education communities? -
Back in January of this year, Jocelyn Benson, the current Secretary of State in Michigan, held a press conference inside a state-owned building to launch her 2026 campaign for governor. This week, the state attorney general determined that this was in violation of the state's campaign finance law.
