Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. — Winston Churchill, Nov 10, 1942Juxtaposition of the Past Four Years(David Rowe, Australian Financial Review, 2016) (David Rowe, Australian Financial Review, 2020)David Rowe bookends the Trump presidency, offering a conclusion to what […]
It’s the time of year when the leafblowers go into service, and, since I share a property line with both the post office and the library, I get extra doses.But the whining of leafblowers pales beside the noise of those facing a Trump defeat next Tuesday, and the latest cause celebre is the purported proof […]
I’ll confess (A) I didn’t stay up for the RNC, it being hard enough to get up at 4 AM to get this blog together and (B) I certainly saw more than enough clips this morning of Don Jr’s girlfriend screaming.And I saw that Herschel Walker endorsed the fellow who, lest we forget, should also […]
Couldn’t decide whether to start or end with Scott Stantis‘ take, but I don’t suppose it much matters.Martin Niemöller is often quoted, though generally in a kind of philosophical, theoretical manner.First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and […]
RJ Matson offers a great take on “Blind Justice.”Blind Justice is an ideal that we’ve never achieved. The idea of a system in which everyone who comes before it gets equal treatment, in which Justice does not see who is on either side, is something to strive for even if we know in our hearts […]
I keep Michael Ramirez on my list of cartoonists to read because, while we often disagree on politics, we sometimes don’t, and, as a true conservative, he’s on the side of the angels with this commentary on Trump’s serial firing of inspectors general.Okay, we disagree on how to form the plural, but machs nix: That’s […]
Jeff Danziger captures the mood, or at least mine and presumably his.I’ve been working from home for the past decade, so I don’t know why this would be any different, but it is, mostly, I think, because “working from home” always included a lot of little errands that I’m thinking twice about now.Which reminds me […]
This Phil Hands piece is a good opener on a day when a power failure has delayed the process. It had nothing to do with weather but the lack of power is lack of heat in the house, which puts me in the mood.The police in Hands’ home base of Madison are, I suppose, right […]
Scott Stantis unintentionally wraps up how I’m feeling about social media specifically and the body politic generally.His intention is almost certainly a “What if?” by which I mean that, when he posted this at Twitter, he commentedSo this president has taken to coddling and pardoning war criminals. Just when you thought this administration couldn’t get […]
Over in Prickly City, Carmen has been searching for normalcy and Winslow has been denying it means what she thinks it means.The problem with cynicism — a philosophy I tend to align with — is that, while it can provide a comforting sense of stability, it can also lead to inertia.“It’s always been this way” […]
I expect there will be more cartoons about Trump’s bizarre rendition of the history of the US Army, but Clay Jones and Ed Hall are out front early, which is the only place to be on this one.For those of us who are self-employed, a “holiday” mostly means that we can work without phone calls […]
Agnes has found a skull which appears to be that of a cow, but she’s convinced herself that it is a fossil and is therefore the skull of a cow dinosaur.Today, under continual questioning from a dubious Trout, she plays the traditional card of the clearly-wrong: A claim of expertise.Where else have you heard someone […]
The state of the union, first of all, is relative, and, just in time, Kal Kallaugher has provided the cover illustration for Freedom House’s state of world freedom report.They feel World Freedom is in decline, but I like how Kal gets Dear Leader off the hook — he’s not adding to the problem. He’s simply […]
I’ve seen about half a dozen Carol Channing obituary cartoons, which sent me to IMBD to find out the last time she worked. Turns out it’s not quite as long ago as this TV Guide cover, which was in 1966.She did some voice work a quarter century ago and a couple of cameo appearances a […]
I’ll let today’s Candorville set the tone, because it’s the most self-critical of today’s batch of cartoons, plus I’m always pleased whenever Clyde becomes the voice of reason.It did seem, at first, that Jazmine Barnes had been the victim of a random, race-based drive-by shooting and there was a lot of outrage over the concept. […]