In Agnes (Creators), Trout is only pretending to be obsessed with uncertainty, but she’d do well on social media, where knee-jerk skepticism is generally mistaken for wisdom.It’s good to be skeptical. You should question everything.Howsoever, there is a level of fundamentalist disbelief which is every bit as irrational as fundamental belief. Also, equally arrogant and […]
Rob Rogers comments on the new overtime directive. I don’t agree with his take, but the cartoon makes for good discussion.Specifically, he’s using the Will Rogers approach, which assumes that members of Congress are only working when they are at their desks debating and voting on things. The endless staff meetings to hammer out the things […]
Daryl Cagle coined the term “Yahtzee!” for those times when several editorial cartoonists come up with the same gag simultaneously, the most egregious example being the 30+ “Weeping Statues of Liberty” that popped up on editorial pages September 12, 2001.Those, of course, came from a lack of wit, but there are more intriguing examples, and […]
As a live-alone adult, let me say that Hilary Price has it all wrong in today’s Rhymes with Orange.Bills? Dishes? Laundry? No way those are keeping me from my comfy bed. I wouldn’t mind if something constructive were actually happening in that space between, “Oh, it’s a little early yet,” and “Dear god, how did […]