Kevin Siers puts our current crisis in plain terms: We’ve somehow become involved in an argument in which the concept of justice has been placed in the dock, forced to prove itself innocent rather than, as in both English Common Law and our own traditional system, being assumed innocent until proven guilty. And it’s […]
Scott Stantis sits out on a lonely limb, preserving his professional identity as a conservative while also maintaining personal decency, which results in a cartoon like this. It shouldn’t be necessary to identify a conservative as thoughtful and decent, but here we are, and Stantis’s take on the FBI search is one of the few […]
In posting this cartoon to his Twitter page, Pat Byrnes admitted that he’d likely undercounted the number of gun deaths on the left side, but was content to make the point that, despite the successful intervention of a bystander in an Indiana mall shooting, “Good guys with guns” are a pretty poor defense system. And […]
Starting the day with things we ought not to believe, Ann Telnaes encapsulates the conflicting stories about how the Secret Service accidentally deleted text messages from, golly, of all dates, January 5 and 6, 2021. She includes a nameplate for Nixon secretary Rosemary Woods, for the benefit of those too young to remember Woods’ […]
Burchard’s quote hasn’t aged very well, has it? The Republicans of today — no longer the “Party of Lincoln” — have become eager to see Catholic doctrine made law, and are not simply tolerant of attempted insurrection but actively defend it. As for “rum,” Prohibition was largely a feminist cause, and the politically powerful Women’s […]
John Deering (Creators) offers a comparison of the Texas GOP’s bizarre party platform to the familiar final scene of Dr. Strangelove, in which Slim Pickens’ gung-ho hyperpatriotic character joyfully rides the atomic bomb that is about to end the world. It’s particularly well-chosen because, in the movie, the bombing is the product on an insane […]
Pat Byrnes sets the scene for tonight’s broadcast of the Jan 6 Committee hearing, and it does indeed promise to be a delightful, infuriating production, at least for those who (A) tune in and (B) tune in expecting to see what happened and hear why. Today’s headline comes from a fellow who worked at an […]
Let’s start by remembering tomorrow’s holiday, and, as often as I disagree with Dana Summers (Tribune), he nailed this one. I hate the sentimental dreck of little kids saluting tombstones, but there’s also no need for squawking that Memorial Day is for remembering the dead, not having barbecues. Summers hits a sweet middle ground by […]
I’ve often criticized cartoonists for failing to defy their schedules when breaking news demands commentary, but this won’t be one of those times. Given my necessary 4 AM wake up time, I was asleep by yesterday evening when Politico broke the story of the pending SCOTUS decision on abortion. A few cartoonists leapt to their […]
“I know what you’re thinking about,” said Tweedledum: “but it isn’t so, nohow.” “Contrariwise,” continued Tweedledee, “if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.” Andertoons explains the logic under which we’re currently operating, no matter how Tweedledee defines the term, […]
Pat Byrnes starts us off with a reflection on how Biden has done fairly well in some areas, quite well in others, not so well in some, but still sees his approval ratings low and sees that fact trumpeted regularly in the press. I have a theory that Wordle and Squid Game would not draw […]
Pearls Before Swine (AMS) sets the mood for the day. Rat seems to have caught on to the fact that confrontation simply doesn’t work in a world in which team loyalty is more important than logic. Pat Byrnes (Cagle) is right: The current crop of Republicans would absolutely reject Abraham Lincoln’s stances, though they’re […]
Bill Bramhall opens the day with a nightmare depiction of a woke Democrat, which brings to mind the oft-repeated quote of poor Henry Clay, “I would rather be right than be president.” Be careful what you wish for. I say “poor Henry Clay” because he was a great man in an era when we needed […]
Starting out with a point of personal privilege: As Rod Emmerson notes, Covid is becoming a greater problem in rural areas than in urban centers, and I’ve been concerned about the old home town. This report from Kaiser Health News lays it on the line: Rural Americans are dying of covid at more than twice […]
I have nothing to comment about over this Pat Byrnes panel, except that, for someone with such a simple style, it’s remarkable how he builds the gag through their respective facial expressions. Someone working in more detail would have a harder time drawing our eyes to that. And well after getting the joke, I look […]