Henry Payne is the editorial cartoonist for The Detroit News. His work is syndicated to an additional 60 newspapers nationwide via United Feature Syndicate. Payne has been a runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize. Payne is a writer as well as an artist, and his articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard magazine, National Review and Reason magazine.
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Planet Lansing
In a state with the nation's highest unemployment and a $1.87 billion budget overspending crisis, taxpayers may wonder what planet Lansing is on. … more
Diversifying Michigan for Trial Lawyers
Even when Gov. Jennifer Granholm picks winners and losers, the winners get knifed in the back. … more
More Money After Bad
Throwing money at Detroit only diverts leadership from its core problems. … more
John Dingell: The True Face of Health Care Reform
Selling government-run medicine is easy as long as you ignore the evidence. … more
Bad Medicine
Washington's health care prescription will make Michigan's budget even sicker. … more
Detroit Votes for Change
What does Dave Bing's election as mayor of Detroit mean? … more
Roadmap to Nowhere
Last week, while Michiganders shivered through more subnormal temperatures and watched their crop yields freeze from a summer of too-cool weather, a green echo chamber of media, government bureaucrats and activists gathered for a Midwest Governor's Association (MGA) conference in downtown Detroit to draw a "Midwestern Energy Security and Climate Stewardship Roadmap" to help Michigan navigate around . . . global warming. … more
State Pols Fear Warming While Crops Freeze
Maybe Michigan farmers suffering from low crop yields from yet another cold Midwest growing season can recoup their losses by renting out their fields to combat global warming with state-subsidized wind farms? … more
Free-for-All
An estimated 35,000 city residents rushed the doors of Cobo Hall in a desperate attempt to grab 5,000 federal assistance applications made available to Detroit as part of the "Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program," a federal stimulus fund designed to help residents pay rent and utility bills.
The resulting chaos is symbolic not only of Detroit's plight but also of the wild lunge for free money that has been the hallmark of the $18 billion in stimulus money thrown at Michigan since last spring. … more
The resulting chaos is symbolic not only of Detroit's plight but also of the wild lunge for free money that has been the hallmark of the $18 billion in stimulus money thrown at Michigan since last spring. … more