The sentencing of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd has aroused a lot of emotion and several cartoons. I ran this Michael de Adder piece the other day, but I’m repeating it now because it represents a restraint I wish other commentators had struck. It’s not much of an “opinion” in the […]
There’s a lot to be said for simplicity, and Bruce Plante scores with a cartoon that tells the story and thereby sets the scene for today. The verdict came in so late in the day that it likely sent cartoonists scrambling to their drawing boards, though it’s common, on the eve of an election or […]
While I agree generally with Kate in Grand Avenue (AMS), one of the specific things the weekend means is that I don’t do laundry, because that’s the day all the people who work are crowding the laundromat. But, having retired, Saturday means two things: The post office closes at noon and there will be more […]
Morten Morland (London Times) provides a pretty good picture of what Joe Biden is facing. Between things that never happened and things that never should have happened, this isn’t going to be a matter of quietly continuing but of a massive cleanup. The good news is that, having been a vice-president who was genuinely consulted […]
Steve Sack gets the lead-off today because he nailed the target amid a forest of lukewarm rainbows. It’s all well and good to draw a rainbow flag or show the Supreme Court building or the nation or whatever swathed in rainbows, but Sack makes two critical points: First, by using Justice hugging that rainbow flag, […]
Joy of Tech is pretty firmly on record as not respecting either Facebook or Twitter, but here they acknowledge not just the general scumminess but the addictive nature of unbridled social media. I’m admittedly on the record as recognizing my own need for such places to both collect material for my writing and to promote […]
Matt Wuerker sums things up. I don’t suppose there are very many people who want either of these to be America, because both images suggest that there is a problem, and wouldn’t it be nice if there were not? But there always is, and the question is whether you repress discontent or hash it out […]