Posted on: February 12, 2024

The time honored tradition of the newsboy delivering the daily newspaper is no more. Begun long ago with boys hawking sometimes ten different editions a day on city streets. The practice began to change when home delivery became common, along with fewer extras. Though well into the 20th Century youngsters continued to deliver newspapers to […]

One of the recurring gags in Candorville (KFS) is Clyde’s continuing, deliberate ignorance. When the news comes on, he switches to reruns of Gilligan’s Island, and, as seen in this morning’s strip, he doesn’t notice monstrous storms and flooding outside his window. In moral theology, “invincible ignorance” is an excuse for sin, the theory being […]