Francis starts us off today with a bit of philosophy, as Brother Leo expounds on the difference between stupidity and simplicity. The cartoon pope, who began at a time when the real one was starting his administration, has remained far less tied down with bureaucracy and precedence than the real one appears to be, but […]
Ann Telnaes puts into graphic form something that’s been running around my mind, and one of the best things about political cartooning is how its boiling of complexity into a seemingly simple image can focus things. Trump has demanded two justices of the Supreme Court recuse themselves from any cases involving his administration because Sotomayor […]
Arlo & Janis set me back a moment this past Sunday, until I re-read it and realized Arlo was talking about when wings went national, not when they were invented. Of course, wings were invented at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, and what KFC and others have done is turned good bar food into mediocre […]
Real Life Adventures comes as close to politics as we’re going to get today, because it’s Friday Funnies. But it’s a reminder of why we have Friday Funnies. I’m starting a procedure which worked well for me during the 2016 election season, which is to read the funnies — i.e., the strips as opposed to […]
I don’t know if this Francis counts as “funny,” but it’s certainly apt. I have often noted, in discussing the increasing crudity and cruelty of our entertainment choices, that these medieval street shows pandered to the worst instincts of the mob, but that it didn’t matter, because the mob didn’t vote or otherwise have a […]