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Everyone Has the Right to My Opinion: Investor's Business Daily Pulitzer Prize-Winning Editorial Cartoonist

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Double Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez' book, "Everyone has the right to my opinion," is brilliant. With evocative images and the economy of words that characterize the best of political cartooning, no one's oversized ego, or undeserved reputation is safe. Ramirez artfully savages strongly-held, but unexamined ideas. His pen devastates and dismantles in mere seconds what the best of columnists take several minutes to destroy.

Ramirez is the rarest of gems: a highly talented artist, a creative genius, a courageous journalist and a principled and thinking conservative. "Everyone has the right to my opinion," represents the highest level of craft in an art that, if practiced correctly, can have a deep impact on the American body politic.

Thomas Nast, the father of the modern American editorial cartoon, would be proud.

Reviewer: Chuck DeVore is a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010, a California State Assemblyman, he served as a Special Assistant for Foreign Affairs in the Department of Defense from 1986 to 1988, retired from the Army National Guard as a lieutenant colonel, and is the co-author of "China Attacks."

I enjoy Michael Ramirez cartoons; however the kindle edition of this book has the cartoons in black and white and the cartoons are low resoluion. Buy the hardcopy version instead.

Pulitzer prize winning political cartoonist Mike Ramirez really delivers with his intellegent right-on-the mark message. What a great timeless book to buy all your family and friends to assist in their political education.

One of the best reads of a life time. Ramirez, you are so right on the money every time you put the pen to the paper, dont ever stop what you are doing. And keep bringing us your genius.
What an outstanding book.

Creative, succinct, prodding, and funny, often hitting the nail on the head. Whether you agree with him nor not, he makes you think about issues that matter, or at least, should be considering seriously. If a picture is worth a thousand words, at times, his work can be worth ten or a hundred thousand of them. The detail of his work is outstanding, a master of his craft, which makes putting his illustrations together in a book a very worth-while venture. A must-have in your library.

The present state of political cartooning is abysmal. It's hard to find a artist who's in the least funny anymore, let alone one whose drawings are pleasant to the eye. But Ramirez is unfailingly funny, often uncanny in the incisiveness of his wit, and so consistently well-informed that he's on the scent of politicians' latest foibles like a bloodhound. As if all that weren't already more than enough, his lavish visual artistry alone reaches the standards of the most accomplished illustrators. The irrefutable proof of the high level of Ramirez's talents are his two Pulitzers -- unheard of for a conservative commentator.

Michael Ramirez is certainly one of the premier editorial cartoonists working today, and well deserving of both Pulitzer Prizes he has won. I have been a huge fan of his for years and have been waiting for a collection of his work. It's been a long time coming, but "Everyone Has a Right To My Opinion" does not disappoint. I may not always agree with his point of view, but I marvel at the wit, clarity and skill with which he expresses it. I hope this is the first of many to come.

and gave this book of his political cartoons with pride.

The receiver loved it.

Win for all !

While many with hard-to-open-minds think Michael Ramirez merely sits "at" a bar, the truth is that he actually raises it sky high. His artistry is clean and eloquent...but the real skill is in how those crafted lines draw you in and make you think. Art and words combine for a potent one-two punch to the cranium that make you laugh, want to cry, and always think.

It's about time he's put a 'best of' together. Now, the real questions, is, "when is the next one coming out"?

Michael Ramirez has a brilliant knack for skewering everyone's sacred cows with compelling images. Ramirez's beautifully drawn cartoons are perfectly rendered in this high-quality hard bound book that should be the centerpiece of every enlightened American's coffee table.