Jeff Danziger (Counterpoint) sounds echoes of the bandwagon/Bellman effect discussed here yesterday. Yossarian was asked, “What if everyone felt that way?” and responded “Then I’d certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn’t I?” Understandable answer, but then again, Edmund Burke wrote, “Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the […]
Constant Readers know how strongly I identify with Arlo and Janis (AMS), and certainly I do on this strip. It’s been not just years but decades since I’ve gone to a fireworks display, though they were important back when I had young kids with whom to ooh and aah. Even then, we were happy to […]
Joel Pett gets a laugh and helps lower our expectations of each other this morning, given how very little of what ought to be painfully obvious appears to be so. The past several days have seen a display of how many know so little about American History or about how our government works. Scott […]
Bill Bramhall depicts the Fourth of July in the New Normal, in which we can’t always distinguish the traditional fireworks from the new tradition of killing each other. My favorite part of the cartoon is that she’s only moderately concerned; it’s not like she’s leaping from the couch or he’s poised at the window. Maybe […]
Joe Heller manages to capture the two major topics this year: A divided country and fireworks. I know which one bothers me more, but I’m capable of considering two things at a time. Juxtaposition of the Day (Jeff Koterba) (Edison Lee – KFS) Not sure why Edison finds his results disappointing. I think purple […]
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 […]
Kevin Kallaugher is one of those rare cartoonists whose artistry is so fine that you might like his work even when you don’t agree with his premise. However, he’s in another too-rare category, that of the political cartoonist who does his homework rather than illustrating a myth or resorting to personal insults in place of […]
ICYMI, President Blutarsky gave a speech last night that has been compared to the memorable call to action that he delivered in college. Proving that, while we walk away from politics each Friday, well, sometimes politics just won’t be walked away from. Anyway, let’s see what the people who were actually […]
Jimmy Margulies leads off the conversation with a reflection on the upcoming holiday and our American identity. There are all sorts of things wrong with this drawing, I suppose, starting with the kids not being crowded enough and the facility not being a series of indoor cages. And of course we can argue over what […]
Juxtaposition of the Whimper, not the Bang (Mo) (RJ Matson) Mo and Bartender can fret all they want over the hijacking of the Fourth of July Celebration in Washington, but the best outcome would be a massive boycott and no crowds and — Guess what? — that ain’t gonna happen. Alice Roosevelt Longworth said of […]