No, no, no politics today, despite Pearls Before Swine (AMS) sneaking a good one in. DD Degg’s news of another chain abandoning its local readers is depressing enough without delving deeper into the mire. UPDATE: Gannett has disputed the report, though it’s not clear how big a difference it makes. Stay tuned: DD Degg is […]
First Dog on the Moon has the delightful ability to make me laugh but also send me scurrying to the Googles, and this is an excellent example. First Dog is the conscience of the world, so militant about climate change as to be annoying but, then again, not wrong. He brings up the important issue […]
It’s a frightening world out there. As Mike Lester (AMS) predicts, Disney plans to groom our children, indoctrinating them to begin dying their skin with walnut juice and learning a second language. The notion that Disney films might feature non-magical Negroes and Hispanics who do not snooze under saguaros is clearly the sign of End […]
Matt Wuerker (Politico) suggests that reports of the death of the GOP have not been greatly exaggerated, and not only do I agree, but I think he’s kind in labeling that monitor “Grip on Reality” rather than “Brain Function,” though they amount to the same thing. As noted here the other day, Republicans who, in […]
(Some thoughts about newspapers, while I take Mother’s Day off to go visit the Aged P.) Here’s the protagonist of an 1867 novel, “Ned Nevins, the News Boy, or, Street Life in Boston,” in which the plucky lad worked to rise above his grim surroundings, as plucky lads would in popular literature for the […]
Steve Sack (Star Tribune) offers a rueful chuckle in the wake of the Capitol riots and Twitter’s banning of Donald Trump. It’s not the first time Dear Leader has failed to appropriately acknowledge tragedy, having cheerfully tossed paper towels to people devastated by a hurricane. His genuine inability to process other people’s emotions is part […]
A leftover from yesterday, this Pajama Diaries has been rattling around in my consciousness for a couple of reasons. One is that, as Terri Libenson brings the comic to a close — there’s only two weeks left — I’m going to really miss it but I suspect that she, like Jill, is doing a little […]
I think it cruel of Wayno, in this season of Fun Size Bars, to remind those of us old enough to know that the “Three Musketeers” bar was so named because — “All for fun and fun for all!” — it was large enough to share with two friends. Granted, even in those days, businesses […]
(Baby Blues) (Pickles) The question of real vs. artificial Christmas trees seems like one of those issues in which either argument makes sense and it comes down to what you want to believe and what you prefer to do. However, you aren’t hurting the forests by buying a real tree or saving them by purchasing […]