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 […]
You may notice something new at the bottom of my columns: A disclaimer. I’ve been aware, and a few readers have pointed out, that I’ve adopted an increasingly progressive stance in my political analysis, and it seemed time to draw a line between my opinions and the overall site, which is pro-cartoons but otherwise non-partisan. […]
Fell cuts through the analysis and legal deconstruction and reminds us that racism is real, which, at heart, is all you really have to know. Some racism is intentional and conspiratorial, like redistricting to keep Black candidates out of office or requiring bogus literacy tests to keep Black citizens from qualifying to vote. But it […]
The familiar expression is that even a broken clock is right twice a day, but I’d add an amendment to point out that some clocks are cuckoo all the time. Ohman makes a vital distinction, in that although it is paranoid and foolish to see a conspiracy in the attempted shooting at the WHCA dinner, […]
This ain’t over yet. As noted before, posting the King James version of the 10 Commandments is not just bringing religion into public schools but specifically bringing in Protestantism, a message to Catholics, Jews and Muslims that their religions are not the official government- approved sects, and to non-church-goers and atheists that their families are […]
We should probably go a little easy on Pete Hegseth, who never said he was quoting Ezekiel when he whipped out that prayer the other day. What he said was that it was something some aviators had laid on him, and it’s obviously rewritten with flyers in mind.And, BTW, what Jules quotes in Pulp Fiction […]
I suppose it’s hardly surprising that someone called “First Dog on the Moon” is somewhat excited about the Artemis II mission, though if you’ve seen his cartoons before, it’s equally unsurprising that he’s also somewhat skeptical about it. This seems to be a common split: People fascinated by the space program are fascinated while people […]
Bagley and Telnaes are rarely this far apart politically, but that’s not the factor here: Bagley posted his cartoon prior to SCOTUS hearing the birthright citizen case, and Telnaes posted hers afterwards. It’s the difference between anticipation and realization, though I suppose what looks like an 8-1 or 7-2 victory for the plain-text of the […]
A few cartoonists joined in the general condemnation of Trump’s tasteless dismissal of Robert Mueller’s death. I remain disappointed in the number, but, then again, I didn’t see any cartoons about his jaw-dropping insult of the Japanese Prime Minister.Granlund skips the revulsion, however, and instead injects a bit of truth to counter Dear Leader’s claim […]
Kristi Noem’s sudden fall from grace called for some quick reactions from cartoonists and I think they acquitted themselves well as a group. Not every take was brilliant, but several were quite good, particularly from a cold start. I’m sure there will be some others landing in the next day or two, but you snooze, […]
Might as well lead off with the one in dubious taste. Jones doesn’t mind pushing things and I agree with his premise that only crooks wear masks. He’s not the first person to point out that all sorts of law officers manage to get through their workday without hiding their identities and there’s no reason […]
As the Rock Man told Oblio, “You see what you want to see, and you hear what you want to hear.” The point — no pun intended — is that “You got to open your mind as well as your eyes. But first you got to get yourself together; Dig yourself.”Pett is right about the […]
Danziger explained it all back in 2018, but it’s a much older story than that. For Americans, as everyone who paid attention in high school social studies knows, the issue of press freedom was raised when we were still a British colony. In 1734, New York’s royal governor charged John Peter Zenger‘s newspaper, The New […]
Anderson nails our current situation well in his latest piece, and addresses a matter that has bothered me for several years.As you can see from his sig, Ratt introduced the concept six years ago. I liked it then, but I couldn’t take the warning literally. It’s an oversimplification to say our Civil War was fought […]
This, unfortunately, is a good way to start the week. It’s unfortunate because, yes, that could be you being grabbed off the street, beaten, jailed and deported. As we’ve seen, you can even be a citizen. Heck, as we saw with the snatching of Ogalala men, you can have roots here further back than the […]