CSotD: The Uninformed Consent of the Governed
Pat Bagley opens today’s conversation with the accusation the lawmakers intentionally remain uninformed, tossing in the idea that, not only…
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CSotD: Labor Day among the proles
An odd piece today from Prickly City (AMS), where the meaning of Labor Day, and of holidays, has apparently disappeared…
CSotD: Midweek Frivolity
(Rabbits Against Magic — AMS) (Prickly City — AMS) Politics are everywhere, and it’s good to see them on the…
CSotD: Sunday Funnies
Asked and answered, Prickly City (AMS). It’s not so much that he’s defied the law as it is that so…
CSotD: Rainy Days and Mondays
Let’s start with something that needs to be top-of-mind this week, and after: Joel Pett makes the excellent point that…
CSotD: The Age of No Reason
Well, yes, Prickly City (AMS), Carmen is correct that this is no longer the Age of Reason, defined as any…
CSotD: Conversations in a wind tunnel
Perils of working too far in advance: Prickly City (AMS) doesn’t seem aware that watching gas prices has become nearly…
CSotD: A Day That Shall Live In Infancy
Wallace the Brave (AMS) takes a sweet but kind of downer look at Father’s Day. Their wistful pessimism is…
CSotD: Wall Street Killed The Newspaper Stars
If you haven’t read my Daily Cartoonist partner DD Degg’s report on Gannett’s killing of editorial pages, you really must….
CSotD: Lemme Give You A Tip
We’re avoiding politics today, but that doesn’t mean unbridled frivolity. Betty (AMS) brings up a thorny question, which is how…
CSotD: Don’t Eat at the Duncans, and other advice
Nobody, I said, as I slid down the bannister, could call me a fussy man, but I’m not eating at…
CSotD: Hitting the Road Again
Well, yes, Ethel, there is that: Willie ‘n Ethel comment on my first year-and-a-half as a retired person. The pandemic…
CSotD: Happy No Mail and the Bank’s Closed Day
Prickly City (AMS) was my first reminder that the post office and banks will be closed today. Winslow and Carmen…
CSotD: The Holiday With No Meaning
Daddy’s Home (Creators) puts me in mind of “The Archie Bunker Rule” that I had in our household when the…
CSotD: Attempting to lower the tech a bit
Wiley Miller hits a truth in today’s Non Sequitur (AMS): We’ve reached a level of solipsism where not only is…