Pros and Cons puts a spin on the idea of parallel universes, and it’s actually helpful, though I think most people prefer to think of utopian alternatives. I think the first time I encountered this concept — and I’m not calling it a “theory” because I don’t want to confuse fantasy with science — was either […]
Start with a snippet from a thoughtful piece by Sara Lautman and Esther Werdiger at Lennyletter about seeing a tattoo that was more thought-provoking than the recipient probably intended, or, at least, it provoked thoughts she hadn’t been trying to. The comic takes its name from the tat: “Property of Francisco” and there you have the […]
First order of business:Everyone complaining that Representatives counted on their staffs to read and report on the American Health Care Act, rather than reading it for themselves, should read the entire text of the bill before writing, drawing or saying anything about it ever again. Fair is fair and we all hate hypocrites, right? Arctic Circle makes […]
Amid a host of responses to The Grand Presidential Pivot, Jimmy Margulies focuses on the question I’m asking: Where is the love you said was mine, all mine, ’til the end of time?Talk about buyer’s remorse! Poor Vovochka must surely be awakening to that “you knew I was a snake when you picked me up” […]
(Strange Brew) (Bottomliners)I really wanted to be non-political today.Not “apolitical,” because what thinking person could be these days? But I wanted to take a break after the last two days of heavy topics.So here’s a juxtaposition I found kind of amusing, though both cartoons are thought-provoking, if you’re the sort of person whose thoughts are […]
Sally Forth starts us off non-politically with a cartoon that brings back memories of, if not harsh suppression, certainly insensitive idiocy. So pardon my descent once more into nostalgia, but back in the day not of junior high as here but of college, we had a rule about vacations: If you missed the last class before […]
Pat Bagley offers a rebuttal to Trump’s notion that it’s smart to avoid taxes, quoting not simply a great jurist but a staunch advocate for veterans. Holmes doesn’t get the credit he deserves in history books, but he’s known and quoted not only for his opinions from the bench of the Supreme Court but on […]
If you’ve visited here more than, oh, two or three times, you know I have an affection for gallows humor.The gallows, however, need to be somewhat metaphorical, and, as Matt Bors points out here, gags about what a “gift” the current campaign is for cartoonists aren’t particularly funny or insightful.Or original, for that matter. Every clownish […]
Lent is arriving a couple of days late here, but that’s okay, because I’m feeling like the fellow in today’s Pros & Cons.Unlike him, the problem isn’t boredom but rather a lot of unproductive stress. However, it leads to a debilitating sense of anomie that I think can exhibit as either rage or lassitude depending on the […]
There are so many political cartoons now that are based on outright fabrication or deliberate misinterpretation that the Prime Directive is sorely tested each morning, because the part of the mission that says “made me think” is clearly being pinged by them. But, since what they make me think is that either the cartoonist is a […]
Yes. Exactly, Lee Judge.I guess Michael Sam is taking one for the cause, publicly announcing his sexual orientation before the NFL Draft almost certainly knowing he would be forced through a media circus. The sense I get is that he was no more or less likely to be drafted because of his announcement, because the […]
Backgrounder for non-sports fans: The National Labor Relations Board ruled this past week that Northwestern’s scholarship football players are employees of the university and thus entitled to form a union if a majority chooses to.This does not mean that all college athletes can form unions. It doesn’t even mean that all scholarship athletes at all […]
John Deering’s Strange Brew hits me at just the right moment.Digital photography is making it easy to take good pictures, and even easier to take bad ones. GIGO was never more in evidence.I had to deal with one photo this week that had a date/time stamp on it. It wasn’t even the right date.I tell […]
Perhaps everyone was anticipating Spring, but today spawned three pretty good dog park cartoons. Or, rather, two pretty good dog park cartoons and this Overboard, which is more of a “We need a dog park” cartoon:Our dog park was wiped out in August by the same hurricane and flood that, but for some late night […]
Thanks to John Deering of Strange Brew for providing the silly joke I was just in the mood for.Smokey stars in about as many jokes and cartoons as he does public service announcements. He has got to be one of the most successful promotional characters ever created. When I was a little guy, I thought […]