Having waded through the Coronation (mostly, see below), National Cartoonist’s Day, Cinco de Mayo and the Kent State Anniversary, we’re left with today’s demonstration of Wretched Excess, the Kentucky Derby. Marc Murphy not only reminds us that Derby Day is a celebration of slavery but, in his comments, links to the author of an excellent […]
The ethical issues around Clarence Thomas are rising with the revelation by Pro Publica that not only did he accept expensive vacations from a GOP activist who also supported Ginni Thomas’s efforts to overthrow the government, but he took money from him as well in the form of having the billionaire “buy” Thomas’s mother’s home, […]
Macanudo (KFS) gets it right. Since the election, inauguration and attempted coup, there’s been very little of any importance to complain about, but it hasn’t stopped anyone, and social media has, in lieu of people arguing over things that matter, become a torrent of people bitching and moaning over things that don’t. Wiley has […]
I’m with Wiley on this Non Sequitur (AMS). It’s nice and peaceful at this moment, but it seems another dose of chaos is probably just around the corner. So, yes, be grateful for peaceful moments, such as they are. “Such as they are” based on the current state of social media. I think we’ve become […]
Christian Adams (Evening Standard) offers an intelligent take on Oprah’s interview with Meghan and Harry, and its potential impact on “the Firm,” which he suggests isn’t so firm after those revelations. While I touched on the Royal Kerfuffle yesterday. I knew there’d be more response. But I wasn’t expecting this morning’s cascade, so here we […]
Bill Bramhall (NYDN) captures the moment by contrasting FDR’s first inaugural call for national unity with the current GOPs determination to maintain division. First 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 […]
I noted yesterday that I could have done a full day of nothing but “Ted Cruz in Mexico” cartoons, and, as it turns out, I’d have still had enough left over to do it again today. Someone complained that people are forgetting the far more significant horrible things he’s done and maybe so, but I […]
We’ll start with John Cole‘s cartoon and a bit of my own gossip, which in this case I define as anecdotal observations that may or may not reflect a wider truth. I worked the Primary yesterday from 7 am to noon, and we didn’t have anyone come in who had voted by absentee ballot and […]
Most of today’s political cartoons are impeachment commentary which I just did yesterday and which will keep until tomorrow and so, since I have to go get my eyes dilated and inspected and don’t have time for deep thinking, let’s just pretend it’s Friday and hit the funnies. People talk about how awful the […]
Mr. Fitz came along this morning as the third part of an odd bit of synchronicity, which is a fancy word for “coincidence” that assumes the cosmos does these things on purpose. To deal with the cartoon first of all, this is, unfortunately, something that will ring true with good teachers and probably won’t be […]
I wouldn’t have brought up Harry and Meghan so prematurely the other day if I’d realized how much their decision to put their marriage ahead of parental expectations was going to explode into an international incident. I like Steve Sack‘s take because it tells the tale so simply, like finding out that Orr paddled all […]
The President emerged from his living quarters yesterday, as soon as Fox & Friends was over, to address the nation, and the “emerging from the light” angle was a different setting than the usual “walk down the long hallway” venue, which late night comedians quickly noted, just as they noted that he opened by saying […]