CSotD: Withdrawal pains
Let’s start by saying it could be worse: This isn’t a cartoon but a classic illustration by Elizabeth Butler of…
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CSotD: Gaetzenfreude
Some headline writer at the New York Times has won the Captain Obvious award for that one, though I prefer…
CSotD: Selfishness and sacrifice
Here’s a snippet of a longer piece by Ann Telnaes, contrasting the sacrifices Americans made in WWII with the ones…
CSotD: Starting with a tribute, ending with theft
David Rowe points out Biden’s success in forcing through his stimulus with the help of a successful vaccine rollout. …
CSotD: Mostly for laughs
I hadn’t planned on doing politics today, but this topic won’t wait, because Biden has promised an announcement Monday on…
CSotD: Villains and heroes
I noted the other day that the opening of the impeachment trial, and particularly the lackluster nature of Trump’s defense,…
CSotD: Perspective and accountability
Morten Morland (Times) offers this commentary tying in the coronavirus vaccine with the heroic but somewhat inexplicable return of Victor…
CSotD: Spin, Hype, Lies
I find it perversely comforting that, having praised Popeye the Sailor Mensch on Saturday for giving away a million dollars,…
CSotD is a humor site! CSotD is a political site!
Stop! You’re both right! CSotD is two – two – two sites in one! And, at this fraught moment, there…
CSotD: Seasonal Mix
The question of whether or not to take the vaccine is loaded. Both Biden and Harris (as well as…
CSotD: Niches, riches & what to feed your bitches
So apparently Trump is bookending Photoshopped pictures of an inaugural crowd that never showed up with Photoshopped pictures of a…
CSotD: Go Read Something Else
Pros & Cons (KFS) captures the moment, or, at least, my moment. The election is still six days away, but…
CSotD: Source for the goose is source for the gander
Pat Bagley sets the tone for today, or, more accurately, he comments on the tone set by the White House…
CSotD: Blamecasting
I’ll confess (A) I didn’t stay up for the RNC, it being hard enough to get up at 4 AM…
CSotD: Pen-demic
This gig is often a case of chicken one day and feathers the next, and this is the former: The…