Ian Boothby is right: Paying attention to what’s going on is not good for you. Unfortunately, failure to pay attention to what’s going on is even worse for everybody in the long run. And while there may be some dark satisfaction in schadenfreude, hoping for people to realize what they’ve wrought won’t stop what they’ve […]
Note: One of my father’s favorite expressions was “If you don’t want to know the answer, don’t ask the rebbi.” This would be an excellent day to skip reading if you don’t want to know. Rob Rogers brings up a matter you’re not supposed to bring up, which makes me wonder if any newspapers will […]
Mannequin on the Moon (AMS) suggests a line that some major newspapers could adopt for the benefit of readers. I find it annoying when they list a headline on their opinion page that promises a challenging, interesting opinion, but doesn’t include the byline, so that you click on it and discover that, indeed, it’s from […]
Dr. MacLeod has consistently been a harsh opponent of US arming of Israel, and his response to the cutback of arms is no more or less critical than he has been in the past. His imagined Biden quotes are not so far off the beam as to be unfair, though you may quarrel with his […]
Rob Rogers (Tinyview) sets up today’s topic: If nobody knows that it happened, did it? And, if it didn’t happen, how could it matter? That fourth panel has gone from horror to comic relief as Noem attempts to move forward while backpedaling furiously. She’s gone from being proud of shooting a puppy, a goat and […]
It’s always nice, though not always possible, to begin with an overview of what is about to come. Jen Sorensen provides a solid abstract of today’s topic. Certainly, the continuing deaths in Gaza are a major crisis, for the Gazans obviously, but also for the Israelis. The BBC reports tens of thousands of Israelis in […]
Most Easter and April Fools Day cartoons were mayflies, good for a moment but with no real shelf life. But Harry Burton‘s, while intended as a general comment about Israel’s blocking of aid to Gaza, gained significance Easter Monday, when Israeli Defense Forces attacked vehicles of the World Central Kitchen, which has been providing food […]
In case you hadn’t heard, John Auchter reminds us that there is an election coming up, and he provides a summary of what is at stake. As Mose Allison explained, “All I want is plenty, but I will take more.” Maybe we should swap that out to replace “E Pluribus Unam,” given that we’re a […]
“Whoever fights with monsters should see to it that he does not become a monster in the process. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.” — Friedrich Nietzche Both Nietzche and Joe Heller offer symbolic analogies; Heller’s is harder to misinterpret, but neither makes it easy to answer […]
Bill Bramhall marks the descent of Rudy Giuliani from “America’s Mayor” to a ridiculous — and now heavily fined — laughingstock, and it’s hard to argue with his assessment that Rudy has largely done it to himself. It wasn’t a particularly drawn out descent. In 2000, Giuliani was still mayor of New York City and […]
I had no intention of highlighting any more Kissinger cartoons, since they have all been pretty much the same, and, as I noted in yesterday’s round-up, he was Jewish and therefore would have barely expected to appear before the Pearly Gates at all, and certainly not in front of St. Peter. But Peter Brookes manages […]
Well, of course it is, David Rowe, but thank you for pointing it out, since we don’t seem to remember, or perhaps care. The idea that “Truth is the first casualty in war” is such a common observation that it makes a fascinating entry for the Quote Investigator, but, appropriately, is a casualty of its […]
Rob Rogers (Counterpoint) went there, and it’s courageous and effective. But how many people know where he went? Again, it’s that darned median age: Half of Americans are under 38, and it’s been 66 years since 14-year-old Emmett Till was murdered for (allegedly) insulting a white woman. His lynching was one of the major catalysts […]
2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge? — Ezekiel 18 David Horsey’s 2002 cartoon applies as well 19 years later, though today we speak of missiles, not individual terrorists or tanks. Details change, the […]
Dave Granlund picks up on an odd co-inky-dink in Trump’s magnificent “Deal of the Century,” which sounds like something Monty Hall should emcee but instead has been presented by an American president under impeachment and an Israeli prime minister under indictment. All this while Trump’s party back home is explaining that we shouldn’t let John […]