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Sage Stossel - Sage Stossel is a contributing editor at The Atlantic and draws the cartoon feature "Sage, Ink." Her children's book, On the Loose in Boston, was published in 2009. More

On Election Day in 1996, TheAtlantic.com launched a weekly editorial cartoon feature drawn by Sage Stossel and named (aptly enough) "Sage, Ink." Since then, Stossel's whimsical work has been featured by the New York Times Week in Review, CNN Headline News, Cartoon Arts International/The New York Times Syndicate, The Boston Globe, Nieman Reports, Editorial Humor, The Provincetown Banner (for which she received a 2009 New England Press Association Award), and elsewhere. Her work has also been included in Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year, (2005, 2006, 2009, and 2010 editions) and Attack of the Political Cartoonists. Her children's book, On the Loose in Boston, was published in June 2009.

Sage Stossel grew up in a suburb of Boston and attended Harvard University, where she majored in English and American Literature and Languages and did a weekly cartoon strip about college life, called "Jody," for the Harvard Crimson. From 2004 to 2007, she served as Books Editor of the Radcliffe Quarterly

After college she took what was intended to be a temporary summer position securing electronic rights to articles from The Atlantic's archive for use online. Intrigued by The Atlantic's rich history and the creative possibilities in helping to launch a digital edition of the magazine on the Web, she soon joined The Atlantic full time. As the site's former executive editor, she was involved in everything from contributing reviews,  author interviews, and illustrations, to hosting message boards and producing a digital edition of The Atlantic for the Web.

Stossel lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

SNL's Alec Baldwin Season Finale: 5 Best Scenes

By Sage Stossel
May 16 2010, 11:15 AM ET Comment

[Betty White & Co. were a hard act to follow, but Alec Baldwin (tying Steve Martin last night for a record 15th time hosting) was, as always, a genial host, and the episode had its moments.]

Some highlights...

Cold Open: "A Message From the People Who Ruined Our Ocean." BP, Transocean, and Halliburton outline some of their proposals for cleaning up the mess. ("Dolphins with mops... It may not work, but rest assured—Halliburton will make a profit...."):



With a little help from his Greek friend Costas (Alex Baldwin), elderly sex guru Grady Wilson (Kenan Thompson) returns to demonstrate yet more bizarre lovemaking tips:



Sally Field (Abby Elliott) introduces Preniva—the drug to help women's fragile bones withstand such strenuous activities as spritzing plants, wearing bangs, and arranging magazines:



Perpetually unprepared songsters Garth and Kat (Fred Armisen and Kristin Wiig) drop by Weekend Update to attempt a preview of their summer concert series:



The fastest way to cook dinner: Alec Baldwin and Kristin Wiig demonstrate the Timecrowave—the ingenious new microwave with time-traveling capabilities (at only slight risk to the space-time continuum):



Also: the monologue—Baldwin celebrates his hosting record and invites Steve Martin for a special appearance by satellite feed.



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