CSotD: Contrarian Takes, theirs and mine
David Horsey offers a practical take on whatever debate about climate change remains. You have to be something of a…
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CSotD: Hot takes and suchlike
Brewster Rockit (Tribune) surprised me the other day, because there’s nothing wrong, or particularly odd, about mixing peanut butter and…
CSotD: Astroturf and Activism
Steve Kelley (Creators) poses an interesting question with a dubious assertion: How much will a boycott of Target by bigots…
CSotD: Homework and other irrelevancies
John Cole shows both reactions to Biden’s press conference. He gets the time wrong: It was just under two hours,…
CSotD: Sunday Wrap
We’ll open today’s offerings with documented proof that Steve Kelley (Creators) either slept through the entire Trump administration or is…
CSotD: Mister, we could use a man like Lyndon Johnson again
I like this Matt Wuerker (Politico) cartoon, though I wish he’d been less specific about the crisis at hand, because…
CSotD: Installing the White Queen
The Red Queen, who was running as fast as she could just to stay in one place, has been taken…
CSotD: Living in a Binary World
Indeed there is, Rat. Indeed there is. Pearls Before Swine has become a bit preachy lately, but we’re in a…
CSotD: Bluster and Broadswords
I’ve held this Mike Thompson piece longer than I like to, but I’m going to use it now because it…
CSotD: Illusions, allusions, collusions
David Rowe begins today’s conversation with this delightful take on everything. Fauci’s deadpan expression captures his serious intent, while his…
CSotD: Didn’t we already discuss this?
I don’t like to say “I told you so,” because (A) it seems grandiose and (B) it would be much…
CSotD: Response Team
So, since yesterday’s post, Dear Leader has changed directions, and the Task Force will no longer be disbanded at the…
CSotD: Burnout
There are many reasons to like Mike Thompson‘s cartoon, starting with the timing. I hit a point last night where…
CSotD: Home-Thoughts, from Home
I’m going to try to be mostly critical in a literary rather than a social sense today, starting with Steve…
CSotD: What did they not know and how do they not know it?
I’d like Mike Smith‘s cartoon better if he had widened the scope, because we’d be in a different situation if…