Jon Richards is an author, journalist, actor, and cartoonist. His political cartoons are seen regularly in the Albuquerque Journal/Santa Fe. In the '90s he and author and former NSC staffer Roger Morris collaborated on a column/cartoon package called LINES DRAWN. His movie reviews appear weekly in the Santa Fe New Mexican. Novels include Santa Fe, The Whitmarsh Chronicles, and Nick & Jake, an epistolary comic novel written with his brother Tad which will shortly be released in an online audio version starring Alan Arkin, Tom Conti, and Ali MacGraw. He collaborated with Alan Arkin to illustrate the actor’s children’s book Cosmo (Azro Press, 2005). He has done a lot of theater, and has worked in film dubbing as writer, actor, director, and editor in New York and Paris on such films as Elvira Madigan and Z, and has subtitled the films of such directors as Eric Rohmer, Costa-Gavras, Jacques Rivette, Barbet Shroeder, and Jean Eustache. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife Claudia Jessup, a successful novelist under the name Meredith Rich. His daughters India and Alex Richards are writers – Alex published her first novel, Back Talk, in July 2007.

Blog Entries by Jonathan Richards

Mangled Package

2 Comments | Posted December 21, 2009 | 05:07 PM (EST)


Sometimes these things get a bit battered in delivery
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Happy Holidays

Posted December 16, 2009 | 03:40 PM (EST)


As we enter the annual War on Christmas, here's some politically correct holiday cheer away in a manger.

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Whistling Past the Graveyard of Empires

1 Comments | Posted December 2, 2009 | 03:08 PM (EST)


Obama makes his bet that he can outwit history.

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2012 and All That

4 Comments | Posted November 23, 2009 | 11:15 AM (EST)


Sarah Palin, Going Rogue, 2012, and the end of the Mayan Calendar. It all has a fearful symmetry.

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Emergency Roadside Service

Posted November 23, 2009 | 11:14 AM (EST)


Dick Cheney may no longer have the vice-bully pulpit, but it's good to know that he hasn't lost the knack of being a bully. Rule number one: blame someone else.

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Middle Man

Posted October 20, 2009 | 03:17 PM (EST)


If we're ever going to develop real financial stability, perhaps its time to consider eliminating the pesky middle man.

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Safeguarding Democracy in Afghanistan

Posted October 12, 2009 | 07:13 PM (EST)


As we get ready to pour more troops and treasure into Afghanistan, it's a good time to think about what we're getting.

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Standing with the President

1 Comments | Posted October 1, 2009 | 06:47 PM (EST)


It seems as though some politicians feel a particular loyalty to the Presidents who appear on the large denominations.

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Drive Carefully

1 Comments | Posted September 22, 2009 | 12:31 PM (EST)


When you let the drunk back behind the wheel, you're just asking for trouble.

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A Tale of Two Joe Wilsons

Posted September 18, 2009 | 11:22 AM (EST)


Every so often history provides a checkpoint to see how we're doing in the civilization department.

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It Works!

Posted September 8, 2009 | 03:24 PM (EST)


In a triumph of tortuous logic, the defenders of "enhanced interrogation techniques" justify their illegal practices by claiming that this stuff works. The jury is still out on that one. But isn't it the wrong question?

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Teddy

Posted August 27, 2009 | 11:59 AM (EST)


Now the Republicans will say "Oh, if we only had Teddy to work with, we could reach a bipartisan agreement on this bill."
Right.
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Ethics in Politics

Posted August 23, 2009 | 03:17 PM (EST)


Somehow, the ethically challenged seem to keep winding up in politics.


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Death Panel

2 Comments | Posted August 11, 2009 | 11:34 AM (EST)


Sarah Palin takes to her Facebook page to warn the world against the Death Panels Obama will use in his health care plan to decide who lives and who dies! And Newt agrees.

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Vital Organ

Posted July 29, 2009 | 12:36 PM (EST)


The operation will not be a success if the patient dies.

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Blue Dog Democrats

3 Comments | Posted July 22, 2009 | 05:19 PM (EST)


As Obama tries to reform health care, his Blue Dog companions may not be man's best friend.

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Shoot the Kitten

5 Comments | Posted July 14, 2009 | 02:07 PM (EST)


Sheriff Obama doesn't want any trouble, but Dirty Dick Cheney keeps raising the stakes. Are we nearing High Noon?

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Rebranding the GOP

3 Comments | Posted June 25, 2009 | 11:29 AM (EST)


Women can't keep their hands off 'em. Suddenly, it's not your father's GOP!

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American-Style Democracy in Iran

11 Comments | Posted June 16, 2009 | 01:26 PM (EST)


The Bush Doctrine begins to bear fruit, as American-style democracy comes to Iran.

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Going Digital

Posted June 15, 2009 | 12:11 PM (EST)


...and a curious peace came over the people...
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