Al Goodwyn (Creators) brings up, somewhat indirectly, the Stupid Angry People factor in current coverage.At least he singles out a flaw in how things work, though not specifically citing the Stupid Angry People themselves. Back in the Olden Days, someone might ask a reporter how a particular public forum had gone, and, in our newsroom, […]
Harry Allard’s 1974 book “The Stupids Step Out” has been banned in many places because it’s not funny to refer to people as “stupid,” though you might try the transactional explanation, “It’s not that you’re stupid. It’s that you do stupid things.” Which seems worse, but I’m not going to defend the term, having merely […]
I love Jeff Danziger (Counterpoint)‘s dream of an attorney who would come explain the news to those who sit and stare, and I particularly like that he depicts them, not as idiots or yokels, but as regular folks who simply don’t get it.It’s easy enough to look down your nose at people who don’t understand […]
Our comment feature appears to be broken beyond repair, at least for our current platform, which inspires (finally!) a redesign, which will take a while. In the meantime, we hope you’ll give us feedback on the social media where we announce our new postings. (Illo by Henry Justice Ford) There’s a lot of political commentary in […]
Drew Sheneman shows the broken promise upon which the Republican members of the Senate Judicial Committee based their approach to the confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.It raises the classic question noted in Goldoni’s 1743 commedia, “The Servant of Two Masters”:Pantalone:. What are we to make of this fellow? Is he a knave or […]
Leroy Lockhorn (KFS) asks a question that has occurred to me, too. You’d think there would come a moment when everyone would shudder, recoil in horror and mend their ways, but if so, it’s overdue.Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised. I’ve long pointed out that the medieval marketplace included some truly appalling entertainments that delighted some […]
We start the day, and the week, with a Barney and Clyde (WPWG) in which Weingarten et cie use “beg the question” properly, which is probably too smart for the room, but they redeem themselves by referencing “passive-aggressive,” a phrase that has come to mean any response short of a punch in the face and […]
I’m often impatient with Gary Markstein (Creators). He keeps up his partnership with Tony Rubino at their daily strip, “Daddy’s Home” consistently, but posts his own political commentary so rarely that I’m sometimes tempted to drop him from my GoComics lineup.However, it’s paid off this time around, because he posted this one January 12, only […]
Jeff Danziger is correct: Lousy policy and foolish choices are making things worse, and hence killing people, in the current crisis. And Stuart Carlson correctly casts Donald Trump in the role of Lady Macbeth, unable to get the guilt off his hands, though he seems a bit premature in that Trump has not yet hit her […]
Sunday’s Barney & Clyde reminded me that one of the pleasures of going to Manitou Springs back when I lived out West was a stunt painter who was camped out on a corner.Manitou Springs was a fun place, even if you didn’t want to climb Pikes Peak, which starts there, or take in the waters, […]