Cartoon Tuesday: The Elegant Simplicity of the Free Market
Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling. Click through to view the comic in its entirety.
6:05 PM EDT on July 29, 2008

Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling. Click through to view the comic in its entirety.
Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek's journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the "War on Cars" podcast. You can find more of his work on his website.
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