Here's a few Illustrations for Tom Friedman's Sunday Op-Ed column that I've been illustrating for a while now. The topics are, naturally, always interesting and quite challenging- meaning, fun!
First one is about how "Young people in oil and natural resource states score lower on international reading and math exams than those from non-resource states..."
AD on this was Alicia DeSantis.

Second one is about start ups (specifically in Silicon Valley) and how many of the most exciting and innovative companies can't get their show on the road and the workers they need since the budget in California has been cut a billion dollars...
AD: Aviva Michaelov

Next one is about how climate change (failed harvests, droughts etc.) might be just as much a reason for the Arab Spring movement as the political motivations.
AD: Aviva Michaelov / Alicia DeSantis

This one is about how national American politics these days is sorely missing true leaders.
AD: Aviva Michaelov

This one Tom wrote from Cairo, taking a closer look at the Egyptian revolution (almost) a year later...
AD: Aviva

This one's about how "Average is over. Just doing an average job in an average way will no longer bring an average lifestyle. Too many machines, software programs or cheap foreign workers or geniuses can now offer above average and are easily and cheaply available".
AD: Aviva

Topic here: "The hyper-connecting of the world through social media and web-enabled cellphones and tablets is changing the nature of conversations between leaders and led in every institution – and I am not at all convinced that it is for the better. We are going from primarily one-way conversations – top-down -- to overwhelmingly two-way conversations – bottom-up and top-down. We are seeing two-way conversations now AT SCALE. Today, everyone can talk back".
AD: Erich Nagler

Last one's about "What worked for China these past thirty years – a massive Communist Party-led mobilization of cheap labor, capital and resources -- is not going to work much longer" and how hard the job of running China will be in the next decade...
AD: Erich Nagler