Death of Gerald Ford

“History is an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.”
—  Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

By Mark Kaufman
My latest contribution is a piece on the Death of Gerald Ford on the cover of this week’s Stranger. See it here. And read the article by Paul Consant here. Most people’s lives, save for Saddam Hussein are looked upon with admiration after their deaths, and the 38th President of the United States has been treated no differently. He has been eulogized extensively and fittingly as a man and President, but there is always two sides to history. this opinion piece is one of them. I don’t remember drawing Gerry Ford when he was President during my teen years, but I do remember being outraged when he pardoned Richard Nixon. The first political figure I can remember drawing was Jimmy Carter. If he can forgive Gerry Ford, maybe we all can