Jack Lew: The signature that goes 'boing'! By Mike Peters, Special to CNN January 12, 2013 -- Updated 0022 GMT (0822 HKT) Mike Peters' view President Obama has nominated Jacob "Jack" Lew for Treasury secretary Treasury secretaries sign U.S. currency bills; check your dollars out Jack Lew's loopy signature looks like a "boing," telephone cord or maybe curly fries Editor's note: Mike Peters is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and the creator of the award-winning and long-running comic strip "Mother Goose and Grimm." (CNN) -- Take some bills out of your wallet. Read the signatures. What do you have? I've got a couple of Henry Paulsons, some Robert Kimmitts and a Stuart Levey. But now, the currency of the greatest nation on Earth will carry a scribble that has been variously described as curly fries, a phone cord, a bendy straw or simply the "Boing!" sign from a comic strip. That's the signature of Jacob "Jack" Lew, President Obama's nominee for secretary of the Treasury, and it has lit up the blogosphere. Could you read that signature without the name next to it? So instead of going crazy because the Cabinet is in sore need of a binder full of women, what the "boing" is going to do to our money is the big deal. Mike Peters I know a guy who is a great artist, and his signature is mainly a straight line interrupted by a bump in the middle, which could have been caused by someone accidentally hitting the table. But he is an artist and can do what he wants. I also know people who have had their 1040 tax returns rejected by the IRS for a boing-style signature. Is it possible that our Treasury secretary could have his tax returns go awry because of his penmanship? Could the Chinese start rejecting the almighty dollar because they think the boing looks too weird? Or could his signature mean something else in Chinese, like "We will bury you" or "This is Monopoly money"? Jack Lew is a Harvard-Georgetown, really smart type of guy, and God knows we probably owe him a lot. He's been a good chief of staff in just keeping the birthers out of the Oval Office so Obama could govern. But please, Mr. Lew, retire the boing. After all, "Lew" is only three letters long. The opinions in this commentary are solely those of Mike Peters. January 11, 2013 -- Updated 1632 GMT (0032 HKT) Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem and Robin Morgan say media shape attitudes and are largely run and regulated by men. It's time to close that gender gap One reason why the flu is so prevalent is that the predominant strain hasn't been widely circulated since 2002 to 2003, says Kevin Pho. Danny Hayes says the pattern is predictable: After a mass killing, media and public interest surge, then drop before gun control can get under way. It's happening with Newtown January 11, 2013 -- Updated 1618 GMT (0018 HKT) Neil Buchanan and Michael Dorf: Overriding the debt ceiling is Obama's best and least unconstitutional solution to his dilemma January 11, 2013 -- Updated 2045 GMT (0445 HKT) Ethan Bueno de Mesquita and Jens Ludwig suggest people sign up for automatic deductions to a fund devoted to breaking the grip of the NRA January 11, 2013 -- Updated 1635 GMT (0035 HKT) Texas Sen. John Cornyn says Chuck Hagel's appointment to head the Pentagon sends the wrong message to Iran, Israel and the world. January 10, 2013 -- Updated 1214 GMT (2014 HKT) Bill Bennett says Congress should use the debt ceiling as an occasion to push the president to cut spending January 10, 2013 -- Updated 1614 GMT (0014 HKT) Peter Bergen says it's a mistake to even float the idea of pulling all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan January 11, 2013 -- Updated 1444 GMT (2244 HKT) John Avlon says Obama, Biden and the NRA could agree on several steps that would help control gun violence January 10, 2013 -- Updated 1641 GMT (0041 HKT) Dean Obeidallah says even Katherine Webb, the object of ESPN sportscaster Brent Musberger's compliments during Monday's title game, was flattered. Why should anyone else be upset? Timothy Stanley says many in the GOP scorn Nixon as impure--a centrist who adapted to political consensus. They would do well to notice he was also a complex strategist who knew how to get elected. Jeremy Shane asks what if we design guns to be smarter so that they "know" not to fire in schools, churches, hospitals or malls.