I certainly didn’t go to bed last night wondering what today’s topic would turn out to be. Rather, the question was, which cartoon would be the lead?Clay Jones gets the nod, for having combined the central theme of weariness in his cartoon with an essay that tipped the balance in an otherwise dead heat.Not only am […]
(Jack Ohman) (Phil Hands)I’m going to start with what should be the low-hanging fruit.Obviously, the increasing threats and attacks on Planned Parenthood are tied to the increasingly irresponsible accusations against the organization. And, obviously, it is just as unfair to blame all Christians or all Muslims for horrific acts carried out by the most radical, unhinged […]
So Ben Carson is self-destructing.Or he’s not.Andy Marlette offers an appealing take on the West Point issue, because, of course, Parson Weems’ “chopping down the cherry tree” story is the kind of bogus legend our nation was built on.History is full of appealing stories that didn’t happen and quotes that were never said, and what […]
The headline tells the story: I came across three comics in the last 24 hours that seem to me particularly excellent, each for different reasons. Jack Ohman — who moved from the Pacific Northwest to Sacramento a little over a year ago — uses a spare, economic style of storytelling that makes this piece extraordinarily touching, […]
Pros and Cons riffs on the line between terminology and jargon and triggers my PNSD (post-newsroom stress disorder).One man’s terminology is another man’s jargon, but you do have to assume some level of shared vocabulary. Unless you are a copy editor.One man’s copy editor is another man’s nuance-destroying, prose-homogenizing, style-book-wielding grammar nazi.I’ve had my rhetorical […]
Candorville is close to being a political cartoon, in that Darrin Bell spends equal amounts of time provoking thought and telling jokes. Today, however, he is letting his geek flag fly, as he often does.And — unintentionally perhaps — proving that we will never invent time travel unless we completely and absolutely change our society first. […]