From The Daily Pennsylvanian: Interim Penn President Larry Jameson criticized recent political cartoons published by a lecturer at the Annenberg School for Communication.In a statement published on University social media Sunday night, Jameson said that the cartoons do not reflect his or the University’s views, describing them as “reprehensible, with antisemitic symbols, and incongruent with […]
The Grammys will be tonight and I will continue my annual tradition of not caring. David Sipress is correct that people our age likely haven’t heard of many of the nominees except for Joni Mitchell, though the gag comes with a few actuallys.Actually, unless we’ve been living under a rock, we’ve at least heard of […]
The Herblock Foundation has extended the deadline for accepting submissions. Cartoonists now have until February 5, 2024 to get submissions in for the Herblock Prize. Deadline February 1st, 2024: Extended until February 5th! After reviewing the eligibility rules below, please go to the link for our Entry Form to upload your submissions: https://www.herbblockfoundation.org/herblock-prize/entry-form
“Whoever fights with monsters should see to it that he does not become a monster in the process. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.” — Friedrich NietzcheBoth Nietzche and Joe Heller offer symbolic analogies; Heller’s is harder to misinterpret, but neither makes it easy to answer the […]
My first reaction to this Non Sequitur (AMS) was that it’s impossible. We all know that the way you learn to check before sending is by sending before checking, a lesson gained through experience.It was a lot more fun back in the days of listservs, which, O Best Beloved, set up a little closed universe […]
We’re starting our commentary on a uniquely American phenomenon with reactions from a pair of Canadians, and why not? If a segment of our fellow citizens make asses of themselves in public, of course others are going to notice.Frum manages to make the connection with the GOP’s attempt to turn everything into revenge for the […]
Kal Kallaugher offers an antidote of sorts to all the polling and panic, pointing out that party members barely make up half of voters. (Gallup says 27% Democrat, 25% Republican, 45% independent, presumably with some rounding.)He emphasizes his point not just by having the fellow bang on the ceiling, but by referring to “the rest […]
If the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, used by psychiatrists, were to officially recognize Trump Derangement Syndrome as the serious mental illness that it is, there would be thousands—perhaps tens of thousands—of leftists across the country diagnosed as suffering from the world’s only political psychosis. Conservative political opinion writer Peter Parisi at The […]
Editorial cartoonist Alex Burns Cook has passed away. Alexander Burns (Alex) Cook February 1, 1926 – January 25, 2024Editorial cartoonist, sports cartoonist, caricaturist From the obituary: Alex spent most of his youth in Saint Joseph, Michigan where the proximity of tugboats and steamers was the perfect playground for an adventurous boy. While in high school, […]
In case you hadn’t noticed, Mike Smith (KFS) points out that the border has become a major campaign issue for the GOP, which is pushing the narrative of an “open border” despite the uncertain meaning of a record level of apprehensions. There’s little way to tell if the percentage of border-crossers being caught has gone […]
Sports and editorial cartoonist Phil Bissell has passed away. Charles Phillip (Phil) Bissell February 1, 1926 – January 2024 The New England Patriots announced the sadness yesterday. Phil’s big claim to fame came in 1960 when the new AFL team revealed that they would be called The Patriots and his cartoon in The Boston Globe […]
Some years ago — never mind how long precisely — having burned out on the politics of the day, and finding nothing in particular amusing me anymore, I thought I would flail about a little and devote Fridays to the funny parts of the comics.I know that’s the wrong movie, but we don’t apologize in […]
The whole world is watching, and Peter Schrank indicates what the whole world is thinking, or at least the whole world aside from Russia, Hungary and North Korea, and the world who thought he was going away.That narrows it down considerably, mostly leaving us to wonder if Shrank means “madder” in the American “angry” sense […]
Bayeux Tapestry as the first-ever comic strip The Bayeux Tapestry is considered one of the most famous and recognisable historical documents in history. Sprawled out across nearly 70 metres of fabric, in stunning detail, is an entire catalogue of the past. As well as offering future generations a full-bodied window into military, social and cultural […]
So this happened yesterday. You might have seen something about it on TV.They don’t really ask that question, but Christopher Weyant has the situation pretty well in hand, because voting in primaries is more tactical than voting in regular elections.That’s particularly true in states with open primaries, like New Hampshire, and it goes back a […]