RJ Matson offers his version of Train Kept A-Rolling. Matt Gaetz was sacrificed so that others might pass through the portals. There was a time when the revelations surrounding Gaetz would have cast him into obscurity, but those days are long gone and he may become the next governor of Florida. And why not? The […]
Garth German makes a good point, though I suspect he’s too late and we can’t reverse the process now. Here’s a relevant quote from Herman Wouk in the Caine Mutiny: The Navy is a master plan designed by geniuses for execution by idiots. If you are not an idiot, but find yourself in the Navy, you […]
I very much disapprove of artificial intelligence, but I also very much disapprove of letting an unelected plutocrat run the US government, and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Tx), who posted this, gives me hope. It would be nice if there were some Congressional cartoonist who could be recruited for such moments, but if we can’t rustle […]
Jeff Stahler (AMS) ruins all our fun by pointing out the obvious, which is that there are a lot of theories about drones that are downright screwy and that Occam’s razor continues to rule: The simplest explanation is generally correct. One night in the depths of winter, a group of us were on a hilltop […]
Jimmy Margulies (KFS) isn’t the only commentator who appears trapped in a mutual admiration society, but his donkey’s remark makes a perfect starting point, because I would dispute it. While the Chattering Classes echo outrage over the pardon, if you look at the comments, on stories, on columns, and on cartoons where comments are permitted, […]
Rabbits Against Magic addresses a current Sophomore-Dorm-At-2-AM plan with the only way this silly idea might be worthwhile. There seem to be a lot of SD@2 plans floating around on social media, and as much as I appreciate idealistic concepts, and as much as I favored lowering the voting age to 18, there are times […]
I like David Cohen‘s take because it really does seem like Trump is grabbing random screwballs for his cabinet rather than carrying out some cunning plan. Granted, anyone who listened to his speeches during the campaign shouldn’t be surprised that his actions now are similarly incoherent and inexplicable, but it would be nice if he […]
Jack Ohman (Tribune) had this cartoon up before Jeff Bezos broke a pair of rules: Bezos has written a too-long piece for his newspaper explaining why he decided not to publish a presidential endorsement but not explaining why they earlier published congressional endorsements or why he waited until eleven days before the election to make […]
We’ll get to knaves and fools in a minute, but first a salute to unintentional genius, as The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee (KFS) magically riffs on the McDonald’s e coli outbreak despite having been scripted and drawn well before it happened. Sometimes the Fates smile and make you look really smart, but, alas, there […]
I wasn’t sure who to start with this morning, so I decided to move the video to the top of the posting and start with the Rock Man from the Point!, whom I quote fairly often: “You see what you want to see, and you hear what you want to hear.” You can catch his […]
Gary Varvel (Creators) offers a sensible if not groundbreaking reminder that democracy belongs to the voters. Such messages don’t need to plow a whole lot of new ground, but they have value, particularly in a bizarre world in which people are being urged to distrust the system. We’ve seen school budgets get shot down by […]
Today’s Deflocked (AMS) happened to hit on this topic at just the right moment to jump from the funnies into the editorial section. CBS has announced that its moderators will not correct blatant lies in tomorrow night’s VP debate. This will allow the discussion to be a game of “Is so!” and “Is not!” instead […]
Nick Anderson (Tribune) salutes the 118th Congress, one of the least productive congresses in history, as it disbands to go home and run for office based on having done little but squabble and preen. They’ll be gone until after the election, which won’t make much of a difference to the nation, since I’m quite sure […]
I’m not buying what the woman in this Phil Hands cartoon is selling. She may be busy, but being too busy to keep up with politics in a presidential election year is just silly. It’s like saying you were too busy to notice three feet of snow in your driveway. And it only snows a […]
David Cohen is one of several cartoonists calling out Trump for his refusal to schedule a second debate, but I like his take because it captures the arrogance of a badly defeated Trump declining to admit his loss. As I’ve noted before, I’m not convinced Trump knows when he is lying or making excuses or […]