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 […]
Constant Readers know how strongly I identify with Arlo and Janis (AMS), and certainly I do on this strip. It’s been not just years but decades since I’ve gone to a fireworks display, though they were important back when I had young kids with whom to ooh and aah. Even then, we were happy to […]
(Or Wednesday. Whatever. I’m retired; I don’t have to know that stuff anymore.)Well, then, we’re making progress! This sequence in Pros and Cons (KFS) cracked me up in large part because I only dipped a toe into therapy during our divorce, and that had more to do with setting up visitation and so forth. Which […]
Ivan Ehlers reminds me of how lucky I am to have been getting my Internet from a 4G connection rather than cable for the past two years. Apparently, since I get my signal from towers rather than a cable head end, Internet advertisers have no idea where I live, and the preponderance of ads I […]
(Steve Breen – Creators) (Matt Weurker – Politico)While Steve and Matt work this one out, we will eschew (and esspit out) politics for the day.Tom Friedman’s November 2, 2001, analysis notwithstanding, this one ain’t going anywhere.And, as this Anne & God suggests, there’s enough social media debate on the topic right now that looking for wisdom […]
Timing is everything, and I’m in firm agreement with the woman in Christopher Weyant’s cartoon, because the pollen right now is kicking my ass, and maybe putting the mask back on would be a good idea, even though I’ve had both my shots. Our governor has canceled the mandate, a little prematurely I think, but since […]
Anne Morse Hambrock (Ind) asks a troubling question in “Anne and God,” one that we should all ponder.Okay, that was long enough.Thing is, once something is established as a holiday dish, it doesn’t matter what it tastes like or how it’s made.Many a young bride (well, one I know of) has made green bean casserole […]
Next Tuesday, it will all be over but the shouting. And the recounting. Expect both.Clay Jones (Ind) expresses the weariness I think most people are feeling at this point, perhaps because Dear Leader began running for re-election about five minutes after taking the oath of office. As Ann Telnaes (Washington Post) notes, everything he’s done since […]
(We’ll be looking at a lot of cartoons today. Please consider visiting this list of Patreons and giving the cartoonists a little $$ to sweeten your applause.)Drew Sheneman kicks off this review with a cartoon that might also have been the punchline at the end.I usually flip on the news channels in the midafternoon for […]
If we’re going to have a round-up, we might as well start with a round-up, and, besides, any excuse to feature Dog Eats Doug is worthy.I’m not sure anyone as young as Doug would have a fantasy this well planned out, or that kids know anything about cowboys anymore anyway, but I’m also pretty sure […]
I woke up this morning and discovered that the new horror on social media was that, while small-business owners were describing their experiences during the lockdown, Dear Leader was goofing on his phone and paying no attention.Which you can see here but is it really that much of a shock?Granted we didn’t have smartphones back […]
Loretta Lockhorn speaks wisdom, and, certainly, on a Monday morning, we can step back from current events for a bit.As long as we check back once in a while to see what’s going on.Every 10 minutes should be enough. When I used to visit high schools to talk about political cartoons, I’d show Nast’s obituary cartoon […]
In “Anne and God,” Anne Morse-Hambrock breaks away from the lighter questions she normally poses to confront the Deity with this more fraught issue.The obvious answer is to repeat the well-know koan of the two monks and say, “Put her down; I did a mile ago.”But, as she says, she already knows that the burdens […]
Tom the Dancing Bug steps forward to stop me from deleting from my bookmarks an entire category of editorial cartoons. I’ve said before that I am losing patience with “bland restatement,” those altie cartoons in which people simply restate in simple terms the things people in power are really saying.It may be an age thing: I’ve […]
No theme today, just various things that struck me, and so let’s start with the most various of them, which is Steve Breen’s commentary on the resignation of SeaWorld’s CEO. Apparently, he’d been ruining his Armani suits by despondently scraping against the walls of his office.I like the way SeaWorld explained this to stockholders: With improving operating […]