CSotD: Issues and Answers (Well, sort of)
There used to be a Sunday talking heads show called Issues and Answers, which was a pretty ambitious promise, though…
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CSotD: Responsible commentary in a polarized society
Jen Sorensen explains the interplay of polarization and bothsidesism. We used to joke about the mainstream media’s obsession with presenting…
CSotD: The Persistence of Amnesia
Joel Pett lays the groundwork for today’s parade of despair, which comes with a side order of a curse on…
CSotD: The Serious Business of Journalism
American/Palestinian Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed yesterday while covering an Israeli Defense Force raid on a Palestinian neighborhood…
CSotD: Who Are You?
The ongoing flood of Musk/Twitter cartoons continues. Some of them are clever, some are not, but none has been any…
CSotD: The Dogs Don’t Bark, The Caravan Moves On
A different sort of Juxtaposition to start the day: The famous lines from Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Silver Blaze,” combined…
CSotD: Screening gnats and swallowing camels
We’ll start with something non-controversial: A compliment to Dave Whamond not because this particular Reality Check (AMS) put me on…
CSotD: Profits and losses
The war has — appropriately — taken up a lot of interest, but it’s not the only thing happening in…
CSotD: Watch Your Steppe
Maarten Wolterink (Cartoon Movement) offers this commentary on the pending confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, and his work falls over…
CSotD: Reply Hazy; Try Again
As Joe Biden approaches his first year in office, Gary Varvel (Creators) points out how badly things have gone. And…
CSotD: Mundane Monday Matters
There have been a lot of cartoons about Joe Manchin and coal this holiday season, including this piece from Jeff…
CSotD: Old fella stuff
Tim Campbell (WPWG)‘s joke notwithstanding, one of the first things we learned in business law is that a price tag…
CSotD: Beliefs vs. Facts
In today’s Non Sequitur (AMS), Wiley Miller explains how to avoid popularity. It’s a simple formula, though it…
CSotD: Analyzing the Analysts
Critiquing cartoons is the point of this blog, but I try to be constructive, because pointing out good work is…
CSotD: Running with the Red Queen
The joke being that, while some of us ran as fast as we could, some of us didn’t run…