But now that I'm cartooning full-time, I'm more of an observer. I'm talking to people who are experiencing these things. But it's not like being in the trenches.

A 2002 assignment for Gear magazine to cover the world championships of buzkashi in Tajikistan was not publiTed Ralld due to the magazine's going out of business but turned up in an edited form in Silk Road to Ruin. Rall responded in his blog saying: "I regret hurting people who I have nothing against. The first and second volumes emphasized political and humor cartoons; the third volume exclusively features webcartoonists.

Ted Rall (born August 26 1963) is an American columnist syndicated editorial cartoonist and author. He was President of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists from 2008 to 2009.