Joel Pett on the mote in Africa’s eye and the beam in our own.It’s a challenging cartoon that brings up all sorts of arguments over history, over foreign policy, over shared humanity, over perspective.The other day, I touched on naming conventions and how various people tend to refer to themselves as “people” and then find […]
Joel Pett makes the connection that has seemingly eluded other cartoonists. The use of Kermit Gosnell as an argument against keeping abortion legal boggles the mind.To start with, the fact that he was on trial at all shows that what he was accused of doing was outside the law, and now his conviction underlines the […]
Keith Knight, in (Th)ink, brings up what seems like an obvious contradiction. Or paradox. Or simple case of hypocrisy. Joel Pett elaborates on the theme, taking it out of the courtroom and into the streets, or, at least, onto the steps of the courthouse.Most commentators seemed to have locked on to the broccoli thing, with […]
Joel Pett offers a thoughtful perspective on the new MLK memorial on the National Mall.I’m old enough to remember the Civil Rights Movement, but just young enough to have not quite been an active part of it. I say “active part” because we’re all part of it still, in the sense of “You’re either part […]