We’ve discussed this expression before, but it’s a good starting point for today’s conversation and, besides, it’s so universally misunderstood that it doesn’t hurt to point it out again: First of all, for the record,it’s apocryphal and Marie Antoinette never said it. But the way it is phrased in English sounds like she was offering […]
What if they gave a big convention, the first party convention held before a midterm, and nobody came?That seems to be the prospect facing Dear Leader. He planned an extravaganza starring himself (naturally) and JD, that would be televised to rally the GOP, and it was going to be fabulous, except it looks like yet […]
Wuerker is right that the GOP is trotting out the tried-and-true fear-mongering that has worked in the past, and I guess we’re going to see how it works today. Certainly, these shopworn insults keep the faithful fired up, but as we watch Trump’s poll numbers slide, and with them, the polls for various old guard […]
Cartoonists have leapt on the story of Donald Trump being sneaked off of Air Force One onto a different plane to fly from Ankara to London because of a rumored Iranian assassination plot. We’ll delay Humpday for 24 hours to look at some of the best commentary, but keep your eyes open, because there’s more […]
The leftists who have always attacked centrists are beginning to seem less extreme these days. In the days of Clinton and Obama, it was easy enough to say that, while there were things you wished they would or wouldn’t do, on the whole, they served well and had a broad sense of how a decent […]
I wasn’t going to revisit Trump’s state fair or run anymore July 4 cartoons, but Deering’s commentary is not only funny but thought-provoking, combining Dear Leader’s mentally-questionable assumption that the world revolves around him with the growing sense that fewer and fewer people care. He’s still got an active sucker list, but he’s losing some […]
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,With conquering limbs astride from land to land;Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman with a torch, whose flameIs the imprisoned lightning, and her nameMother of Exiles. From her beacon-handGlows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes commandThe air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.“Keep, ancient lands, your […]
There’s so much Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose going around that there’s a danger of things not being seen as news anymore. This is not to be confused with Steve Bannon’s “flood of sh*t” policy, in which each new outrage drives the previous outrages from sight, though that is a related factor.We’re […]
With Fritzi Ritz and Phyl Fumble, Walt and Skeezix Wallet and Snuffy Smith, Slylock Fox and Olive and Popey and Maricela and The Pig Family, Arlo and Janis and Alfred, Ripley and not DeJoy, Percy Shelley and John Deering and Roy Thomas, Patrick McDonnell and Jane Goodall, Carmen and Winslow and Marshall, Garfield and Daddy, […]
Huck and Bramhall both cite the similarity of Neville Chamberlain’s futile attempt to end World War II before it had gone that far and Donald Trump’s announcement of the purported end of his adventure in Iran. Huck gets extra credit for connecting it to Orwell, given that Chamberlain felt he was telling the truth while […]
Well, perhaps.It’s clearly a good thing that we defeated the Nazis and thwarted Japan’s imperialism, and the famous raising of the flag on Mount Suribachi is an iconic image of how America rallied in that time of crisis.However, we shouldn’t forget that, while we rallied on the battlefield, we had also rallied on the home […]
Bennett specializes in understatement, using bland illustrations that force the reader to fill in the meaning. It’s dangerous in that some readers have problems understanding even clearly stated messages, but you can dismiss that crowd for just that reason: They aren’t going to get it anyway.For those able to process subtlety, this type of messaging […]
The general opinion around the world seems to be that Dear Leader is in way over his head in attempting to pull “The Art of the Deal” on Xi Jinping, and that, as MacKay illustrates, Xi is playing with him as a cat plays with a mouse, before eating it.Trump has said he and Xi […]
I’m not nearly as worried about mice and rats as I am of the looney in charge of Health and Human Services.Hantaviruses are spread in rodent droppings, which is why they’re a greater threat out West where desert climates suit rodent life and their droppings don’t return to the earth quickly. And how better could […]
Poor Volodya had to cut back the annual Victory Day Parade in Moscow this coming Saturday, reportedly because all the impressive arms and armor normally seen at that time are in Ukraine and can’t be spared, or, in some cases, made operative.But what are friends for? After a 90-minute phone call, his pal Donald announced […]