I could probably just post Tom Toles‘ cartoon and sign off for the day. For all the Sturm und Drang of the hearings, this is pretty much it.I knew a girl in college who had gone to a boarding school where her roommate was the daughter of a Mafia figure. (She told me this story […]
Let’s start with the obvious, because sometimes pointing out the obvious is the best you can do. Dave Granlund points out that Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination is getting different treatment from the Republican majority than Merritt Garland’s nomination received. Ditto with Matt Wuerker‘s commentary, which does not break any new ground or display any unexpected insight but […]
Let’s start with David Fitzsimmons‘ panel today, because, while he’s not the first to point out that Evangelicals are willing to overlook the entire New Testament and substantial portions of the Old, his depiction of Trump brought something to mind.When I was younger, and not a whole lot younger, I was always bothered by Exodus […]
I don’t think you could have a better Labor Day commentary than this Clay Bennett cartoon.It could have run just about any time in the past year and a half, because Trump repeatedly takes credit for things that haven’t happened or that he had nothing to do with.But Trump has been particularly vocal lately in […]
Non Sequitur leads us off with this concise history of Labor Day and how it almost worked and then pretty much fell apart, though he applies the principle that history is written by the victors, so it seems, on the surface, to have a happy ending.I blame George Westinghouse, the son of a bitch who […]
One of these women is turning 94 today and the other is my great-granddaughter and thus her great-great-grandaughter.So, in honor of the occasion, here are some cartoons my grandfather might have read in the newspaper when he wasn’t pacing the floor on September 1, 1924, which is what expectant fathers did in those days.(Editor’s note: […]
Amid the flood of Back-to-School cartoons that didn’t make me laugh, Baby Blues evokes a memory of parenting that did.Granted, it wasn’t over math, since my boys were both better at math than I was and the teaching of math is far superior than it was in my day. Those factors are probably related, but […]
xkcd fires back on behalf everyone comfortable enough with the language to use it intelligently, by which I mean to communicate an idea beyond “I’ve memorized these rules.”One of my most-cited sites is known informally as “Everyone Loves Their Jane Austen,” though it’s listed on search engines as “Singular “their” in Jane Austen and elsewhere: […]
I wish I thought Matt Davies‘ cartoon would reach more of the people it probably won’t.I find myself increasingly in the position of wanting to fine-tune arguments in a world in which there is no longer a vertical hold or a horizontal hold or, lord knows, a fine-tuning button.And most of the people I’m talking […]
I was just saying to someone last night that I’d like to just comment on a few funny comic strips here like in the old days, but it seems impossible.However, this developing Edison Lee story arc — that’s yesterday’s and today’s strips — is as political as I’m gonna get today. Promise.I think that, whether […]
A half-century ago, the Democratic National Convention in Chicago was under way and all hell was breaking loose in America.It wasn’t just the violence and chaos in the streets, or the violence and chaos inside the convention hall, where Daley’s goons were beating up Dan Rather.It was more the unmasking of the divisions in our […]
I was up late enough last night to see the first wave of McCain obituary cartoons on Twitter and Facebook, and thought I might have to begin today’s posting with a blank frame and a disclaimer.However, Pearls came through for me, albeit by happenstance.I have no idea how Stephan Pastis feels about John McCain, but […]
(Lisa Benson)(Scott Stantis)Let’s start with a Juxtaposition of Conservatives, and it’s rare that I take Lisa Benson’s POV over Scott Stantis’s, but her pun is both telling and fascinating.The man churns out one preposterous statement after another and yet the stock market continues to rise.Still, for all the sage rubbing of chins and tenting of […]
Last Sunday’s Pajama Diaries made me laugh but also pinged some very odd, slightly painful memories, which is one sign of a good strip.Jill’s conversations with her former selves are an ongoing feature in the strip, but, no, I don’t recall one with Awkward-13-year-old and OMG yes but she needs to stay in the past.I […]
“This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is perhaps the end of the beginning.” — Winston Churchill, Nov. 10, 1942Ann Telnaes reflects my own mood at the moment: He’s completely hemmed in, but it hasn’t stopped him from tweeting.I’ll confess that, when Nixon was up against […]