CSotD: Points of Order*
*Someone will observe that these are not points of order but points of personal privilege. However, (A) I’ve already used…
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CSotD: Life in the Alternative Reality
This is one of those “Where do I start?” days, but Eric Allie (Counterpoint) offers a segue from yesterday, in…
Newspaper Says Editorial Cartoonist a Must
[W]hen Pulitzer Prize-winner Steve Sack decided to retire last year after four decades at [The Minneapolis Star Tribune], Opinion Editor…
Cartoon Problems at The Washington Post
Mike Rhode is a general comics scholar with a particular interest in Washington, D. C. cartoonists as revealed through his…
CSotD: Timing is everything
Ed Wexler poses the question of whether Dianne Feinstein learned anything from the results of Ruth Bader Ginsburg lingering on…
CSotD: Monday Miscellany
Might as well start with the one for which I have no answer. Patrick Blower explores the future of the…
Catch A Falling Star And…
Following are a few items saved for a rainy day – though here in California, except for the higher altitudes…
CSotD: Sunday Ketchup
Scott Stantis seems to be catching up on some hostility for ex-Mayor Lori Lightfoot, in a cartoon that ran shortly…
CSotD: Thoughts, prayers and faith w/o action
Ed Hall points out the need to not look away. I appreciate, on one hand, the people who said of…
CSotD: Looking at CNN’s version of newsmaking
Wednesday’s CNN Town Hall wasn’t quite as transformative as Chip Bok (Creators) paints it, but it certainly demonstrated the media…
2023 National Headliner Award Winner is Clay Bennett
“Founded in 1934 by the Press Club of Atlantic City, the National Headliner Awards program is one of the oldest…
CSotD: Forthcoming Election Special
Lady Justice is getting a workout on editorial pages in the wake of the E. Jean Carroll verdict, and I…
Mona Chalabi Awarded 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary
The 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalists and winners were announced today. For the category of Illustrated Reporting and Commentary the finalists…
CSotD: Sunday Variety Pak
Walt Handelsman pings a continuing annoyance here. It’s not a “pet peeve.” A pet peeve is people who write “if…
Bruce MacKinnon is 2022 National Newspaper Award Winner
Bruce MacKinnon, of the Halifax Chronicle Herald, was awarded the National Newspaper Award for 2022 in the Editorial Cartooning category….