Interesting juxtaposition today, with Rhymes With Orange, the work of Gen-X feminist cartoonist Hilary Price, and … … “Gray Matters,” a self-consciously middle-aged Boomer strip by Stuart Carlson and Jerry Resler.Now, let me start with the disclaimer that it’s been nearly four years since I worked in an office. In my workplace, it’s just me and […]
I’m with you, Big Nate.Part of good educational theory is that we all learn differently, but the touchy-feely folks can be just as insensitive to that notion as the memorize-this-list people.Worst part, Nate, is that you can’t escape simply by graduating. I’ve been roped into business seminars where we had to take a large sheet […]
Dan Wasserman on gun control … … and Kevin KallaugherThere have been several cartoons recently about the lobbying power of the NRA over elected officials and the idea that the impact of Newtown has faded as the general bureaucracy of the legislative process has dragged things out.But I like these, because I think the problem […]
Okay, before I start blathering today, you have to go read Matt Bors’ review of the new GI Joe movie.Seriously. Go.I’ll wait….Was that awesome, or what?It brings up some great possibilities, only coincidentally related to the loss of Roger Ebert. But given the increasingly visual nature of our culture, given the decreasing attention span of our culture, […]
There have been more than a few cartoons about Kim Jong Un and his odd threats against the United States, but none of them seemed to quite hit the mark until I came across this one at Cartoon Movement.It probably helps that the cartoonist, Miguel Villalba Sanchez (“elchicotriste”), is Spanish and so doesn’t really have […]
One of the challenges I face in teaching kids to write like journalists is to break them out of the mindset they learn in school: That there is a “right” answer, which is to say, the answer you are expected to come up with, and so the trick to getting good grades is to find, […]
In the current Doonesbury story arc, Zonker is considering joining a strike against the restaurant where he works.Such base ingratitude! Such disloyalty!I’d like to see the Venn diagram of people who don’t want to raise the minimum wage and those who think we spend too much on welfare and other entitlement programs. Based on public […]
Retail uses April 1 to focus on the obvious.Today is the day you are permitted to play the fool and have it dismissed as “play.” But as Val correctly points out, it may be difficult to distinguish the people who are simply being fools in honor of the day from the large number who train for […]
I’ve got to admit, he’d end up in my cooler, too.Sherman’s Lagoon includes a strong element of conservation and often manages to sneak a fair amount of education on the topic into the gags. But it also exhibits a healthy streak of realism.It’s been quite a few years since I have done any fishing, but […]
In today’s Candorville, Lemont addresses the matter of “executive orders” with a pretty reasonable explanation: Facing a hostile, do-nothing Congress, maybe Obama is forced to issue more executive orders than other presidents.I like the explanation and I think it’s something conservatives should consider.Because they’re not likely to be swayed by someone pointing out that, in […]
“Between Friends” is more a “chuckle of recognition” than “burst of laughter” strip, a genre which takes a certain touch of insight if it’s going to rise above “guys always leave the toilet seat up” observational so-whatness. Sandra Bell-Lundy, fortunately, has that touch.Which is to say, sometimes it’s more of a sigh than a chuckle. […]
I’m purposely choosing to ignore one aspect of today’s The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee to focus on the other.The issue of Facebook privacy gets a bit of a shrug from me because, well, in the language of the law, I have no reasonable expectation of privacy. And there are ways to insulate yourself to […]
Arctic Circle points out a certain degree of imprecision in the risk assessment capabilities of our food and drug safety regulators.Though, actually, they’re quite accurate in assessing who swings a big bat and who doesn’t, which is what truly matters.Regulation of food safety (and making sure it is what it claims to be) became part […]
Nick Anderson with a beautiful fit between symbol and trend. The ah-ha moment must have nearly knocked him off his stool.Save this one for the Pulitzer portfolio, Nick.The upcoming Supreme Court decisions are not going to be so much a test of gay marriage as of the Supreme Court itself. They have a choice between […]
Tom Toles with a hopeful take on the wavering loyalty of the wage slave. In Wiley’s world, the victims of the new economy are fully aware of their status. Does that mean they are going to revolt? The notion is a non sequitur.There’s a gap between wising up and rising up.The other day, I ran into […]