44. Ted Rall

East Hampton: the home of political dissent? Thanks to Rall’s pen and ink, computer and acute political thinking, it is. One of America’s most controversial political cartoonists best known for his depiction of former President Bush as a deranged generalissimo, Rall is syndicated to 100 newspapers around the nation, including The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. A Pulitzer finalist and twice the winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, Rall also writes a weekly opinion column about politics and current events that is syndicated to more than 40 papers. He’s the author of 14 books including the Gen X manifesto Revenge of the Latchkey Kids and the award-winning graphic novel travelogue To Afghanistan and Back, which The Nation called “some of the best war reporting from Afghanistan by an American reporter.” Always fighting the good fight, his no-holds-barred blog may be found at www.rall.com. Rall’s multi-faceted journalism forces people to think… and rethink.