Paint by Numbers

摘要

Part of my duty as a journalist is to root out corruption and waste in our gov- ernment, but I'm not that into rooting. I'm more of a pressrelease reader. So I was thrilled to come across a press release from Senator Tom Coburn unearthing $30 billion wasted by the federal government. Co-burn, understanding journalists like me, called his report " Wastebook" and designed it like a comic book, with a cover drawing of Superman lifting a garbage truck full of dolls, pears and a Christmas tree off an astronaut, while a blimp labeled army flies over a dog holding a paper printed with the Obama election logo. Journalists like me, he clearly realizes, are usually high.