Date: 25 Sep 1981 21:41:35 EDT (Friday) From: Roger Frye Subject: Cube in Political Cartoon To: Cube-Lovers at MIT-MC Cc: frye at BBNP The Boston Globe editorial page for 9/25/81 has a cartoon entitled "Stockman's CUBE". I can't make out the signature on the cartoon. It could be M. H. Beane. It shows much struggling to solve the cube followed by a realization. The character, presumably Stockman, Reagans's economist, then smashes off a corner or two of the cube with a hammer. In the last frame, he has his suit jacket back on (which he had lost while struggling). He holds up a solved cube and says, "Simple... I just applied my economic method... It's everywhere. Last week we argued about it in couples therapy; this week our therapist said she had an argument with her husband because he just got one and wasn't listening to her. I join Dame Ollerenshaw on the casualty list; a few nights ago I sprained my wrist twisting too long, too late, in too cramped a position, and sinning too fast against a jam. Happy Cubing, Roger Frye