The big news today is that Steve Kelley (Creators) has embraced Critical Race Theory and has begun promoting that view of history in his cartoons. Or at least in this one. And he has the situation right: Democrats have long been critical of their party’s legacy in Civil Rights. As Biden suggested, and as Kelley […]
Amid a storm of finger-pointing, Democratic complaining and Republican rejoicing over Tuesday’s results, Ann Telnaes boils it all down. There’s something not only refreshing but constructive in simply admitting they blew it, and, if her simple style doesn’t provide a lot of details, Charlie Sykes’ explanation in Politico offers not only an explanation of what […]
Pearls Before Swine (AMS) sums up the post-holiday. When I get up each morning at O-Dark-Thirty, I check Facebook and Twitter, not only for cartoons that haven’t yet made the syndicate sites but for news stories people are reacting to. There’s rarely any shortage of outrage, but, my goo’ness, there’s even less in the wake […]
In case you missed it, Steve Brodner captures a bit of the testimony given by Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff the other day when the Army was accused of teaching cadets at West Point to understand our history and to respect people of all races. If you’d like to hear […]
Mike Luckovich sums up the big news of the past 24, and I appreciate his accuracy: Rudy Giuliani has not been disbarred, only suspended, which then just about guarantees he’ll be back, unless he doesn’t contest the suspension. However, the language of the decision also suggests he may be invited back for other reasons and […]
Once again this week, sports takes the lead, as Adam Zyglis (Cagle) spotlights a hero and a zero. Carl Nassib, who is entering his sixth year in the NFL, came out as gay, which caused a great deal of applause, until someone found out he’s also a conservative Republican, at which point they remembered another […]
(F)irst of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. — FDR, March 4, 1933 Roosevelt was lucky to have been elected at a time when the nation was so clearly […]
I’m pleased with the recognition, but I agree with Bill Bramhall that it ought not to be the end of the process. I’ll admit my first reaction was “There’s another day the post office and the banks will be closed,” because American wage slaves don’t get many of our federal holidays off. Here’s the current […]
Rob Rogers (Counterpoint) went there, and it’s courageous and effective. But how many people know where he went? Again, it’s that darned median age: Half of Americans are under 38, and it’s been 66 years since 14-year-old Emmett Till was murdered for (allegedly) insulting a white woman. His lynching was one of the major catalysts […]
Ward Sutton admits he drew this some time ago and it languished in the files at the NYTimes Review of Books until this week, but even if the concept is evergreen, I’d call the application of it now timely. Not that I look to the NYTimes for intelligent analysis of graphic commentary. I don’t boycott […]