No politics today. It’s my dog’s birthday and I promised her I wouldn’t get all het up. So we’ll start with this Frazz (AMS) which Constant Readers will realize I like because he actually gets the meter right. But I also like it because it takes something absolutely silly and turns it smart, which is […]
There’s a lot to be said for simplicity, and Bruce Plante scores with a cartoon that tells the story and thereby sets the scene for today. The verdict came in so late in the day that it likely sent cartoonists scrambling to their drawing boards, though it’s common, on the eve of an election or […]
Bill Bramhall illustrates what FDR was talking about in his oft-quoted, rarely contextualized remark that “we have nothing to fear but fear itself.” It was in his first inaugural, as he took the reins from Herbert Hoover and began the task of rebuilding a shattered economy. Specifically, he was making a promise that honesty and […]
Strip cartoonists have been at some pains to remind us that they work several weeks in advance and we shouldn’t take offense if, in the current crisis, a comic strip seems in dubious taste. However, there’s also the random chance that a strip will inadvertently provoke more thought than intended, and today’s Buckets coincides nicely […]
I’ve told this story before, but Ted Rall’s latest cartoon makes it seem more relevant than ever. A college friend was doing his psych rotation in med school about the time the Church Committee Report came out. The Report, O Best Beloved, was part of the examination of government we went through following Watergate, and […]
I’m generally inclined to snicker derisively when a whole bunch of cartoonists go tearing off on the same topic, but this is different, mostly because (A) it matters a whole lot and (B) it’s not the usual dribs and drabs over a couple of weeks but a sudden rush of all-but-simultaneous commentary. And, BTW, it […]