German cartoonist Heiko Sakurai offers a commentary on the difficulty of spotting terrorists, or, perhaps, of defining terrorism.I don’t have a specific solution to the security issues, but I know this: The policy of “jail them all and let God sort them out” is immoral, antidemocratic and ineffective.Obama has stated, rightly, that Guantanamo is a […]
First, equal time for Those Other Pets, courtesy of Dan Piraro.Nothing much to add to this except “hahahahahahaha,” which is almost always good commentary, if not terribly enlightening. But I’ve had plenty to say recently about dogs and the credulity of their owners, so there’s no reason not to feature kitty cats, too.I’m a dog […]
Scott Stantis brings Boston into focus, but not in a particularly comforting way.One of what I guess you could call the “geopolitical-psychological” disadvantages of being a very large country and sharing the continent with only a couple of New World buddies is that we have never been forced to develop much empathy with the rest […]
Sometimes, there is a coincidental theme running through the day’s strips that calls out for exploitation. Today, everyone seemed to be making jokes about lies, or, well, basing their work on them.Of course, dishonesty exists on several levels. We’ll start with Dan Piraro’s variation on a classic white lie: A jaw-droppingly funny twist on a […]
Dan Piraro hits on one of the great elements of not-getting-it in today’s Bizarro.Does anybody still use this word as a noun? I remember having a discussion about it in the newsroom about 20 years ago, but having a woman publisher and a woman city editor, it was a short discussion. Women students at Plattsburgh […]
I usually find rants about Big Government Conspiracies tiresome, paranoid and self-important. Last night, I was watching an excellent documentary about OWS on Current TV, and someone being interviewed linked the movement to the Arab Spring, declaring that she and her fellow protesters were putting their lives on the line.No. You’re not. Comparing OWS with […]
This Bizarro made me giggle. I just hope the guy doesn’t suddenly run off with their brushes.