CSotD: Getting over one’s self and so forth
Lemont, the protagonist of Candorville (KFS), spends too much time playing the pedant and correcting people for speaking the way…
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CSotD: Your Comic Weekly Man
Mr. Boffo offers a chance to visit the ungracious past. The idea of pop-up wine tastings out of paper bags…
CSotD: A Crisis of Politeness
On the topic of things you shouldn’t have to be told, Gary Varvel (Creators) depicts a kid gleefully heading off…
CSotD: Same old same old
When I heard of the Trump team’s preposterous proposal to postpone that Jan 6 trial until April, 2026, I thought…
CSotD: Press Releases and other delights
Today is a “Where do I begin?” day, but, with no particular plan in mind, let’s kick off with Bizarro…
CSotD: A War on Words
In case you missed it, Paul Fell summarizes the growing, and increasingly official, war on the free press. On one…
CSotD: Errors, lies and wishful spinning
“Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth—to see it like it is, and tell it like it is—to…
CSotD: Spoilers, incentives and unplanned results
I’m still furious with the Washington Post for running a headline last week that spoilered the World Cup game between…
CSotD: No plan, no future, no problem
Matt Golding starts us off with this cheerful vision, and, while exaggeration is one of the main tools of political…
CSotD: Reasons to hope, reasons to despair
For those who believe in choice, and democracy, and who aren’t hoping to live under a repressive government, there’s a…
CSotD: Random thoughts on various topics
No need for an update today: Lynn Hsu lays out my life in all the detail anyone needs, several times…
CSotD: Gators and snappers and little feathered dinosaurs
Prickly City (AMS) may have it right, I suppose. There were all sorts of reasons for the great thunder lizards…
CSotD: Would you believe … ?
Life between the ages of 15 and 20 seems purposely geared to be annoying. In my case, those years coincided…
CSotD: Hot takes and suchlike
Brewster Rockit (Tribune) surprised me the other day, because there’s nothing wrong, or particularly odd, about mixing peanut butter and…
CSotD: Facts are so 20th Century!
Candorville (KFS) offered this portrait of fact-free criticism Sunday, and not only did the familiarity bring a chuckle, but it…