Pat Bagley gets down to the basic point, which is that, when two apparent rights collide, the public good should be given precedence.We’ve analyzed the Second Amendment enough times here that I’m not going to go through it all again, but the Founders envisioned a system of quasi-independent state militias, and the reason they didn’t […]
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. — Proverbs 26:11In the aftermath of every election, wise observers conclude that the “horse race” coverage was not only lazy but detracted from what could be, and should be, more useful and intelligent comparisons of candidates.And then, in the next election, as […]
And diamonds, Janis. Lots of diamonds.Which, as noted here before, are pretty worthless except that people think they aren’t.And the sort of person who thinks “chocolate diamonds” are a thing is the type who will be impressed when she gets one as a gift from a guy who won’t turn off the TV on weekends.I’m […]
Matt Lubchansky comments on the bizarre but irresistible foolishness happening on Twitter, which, if you missed it, is more or less encapsulated in the cartoon, which is only slightly more ridiculous than the reality.To summarize, Bret Stephens is a conservative columnist at the NYTimes, apparently brought in to annoy and provoke readers, or, put another […]
I like Pat Bagley‘s take on the Amazon forest fires because I don’t know what’s going on down there, but I know it doesn’t help to have people dismissing it or obscuring it or exploiting it.Which is to say that the level of crisis seems less dependent on the actual impact on our climate and […]
Michael Ramirez riffs on George C. Scott’s famous speech in the 1970 film, “Patton,” as Trump continues to deliver convoluted, contradictory explanations of his disastrous trade policy.The (apocryphal) line from the film is “Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by […]
I’m starting with Clay Bennett‘s diagram of the table for the G-7, because it doesn’t allow for a whole lot of debate or denial or refutation.You can interpret it: There is discussion that the conference host, French President Emmanuel Macron is primarily concerned not with possible disagreements over this or that economic factor but simply […]
Jimmy Margulies explains today’s lack of any particular theme. Dear Leader has become so erratic that it’s possible to blend the political with the comical and the only real problem is that he’s got access to the launch codes.We’ve managed to bring Great Truth to that cynical National Lampoon parody of Desiderata:You are a fluke […]
Damien Glez offers a clever variation on a too-common visual gag, proving that there’s no cliche that can’t be revitalized, and if plastic bags had a different style of handle or were more rigid, this wouldn’t work at all.Which is sort of a backhanded way of explaining why it does.Our co-op is phasing out plastic […]
Let’s kick off the day with something silly, as Betty brings a needed word into being.It’s a little unfair to real chefs, but, then again, real chefs are only a subset of people who want the waiters to call them “Chef” instead of “Hey You” or, god forbid, “Dave.”And this tip to people who take […]
Clay Jones gives the best response to the decision of Israel to follow Dear Leader’s suggestion, re-casting António Moreira’s cartoon of a Netanyahu dog leading a blind Trump, for which two cartoonists who had nothing to do with it were fired.And the editor who approved it was … well, we don’t know, because the NYTimes […]
John Branch provides a welcome alternative to the flood of Emma Lazarus re-writes currently flooding the editorial cartooning pool.I’m not sure that the best cartoons are wordless, but it’s not a theory I’d argue against, either.The Emma Lazarus knock-offs are at a disadvantage anyway, because, while most people are familiar with more or less what […]
Timing is everything, and while this Kevin Siers cartoon references something happening in his hometown of Charlotte, it comes as the apartment house next door to me is on the verge of being converted to an independent living home for special needs people.Which is a worthy cause and they’ll be good neighbors, but they’re displacing […]
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” […]
When I was a lad of 16, I trained to earn the Red Cross’s Junior Life Saver designation. It required passing a variety of swim tests, with the finale being a simulated rescue of a drowning swimmer.My “victim” was a camp counselor who, during the school year, played lacrosse at Cornell and, while lacrosse players […]