Pat Byrnes criticizes the press with an imaginary Page One, accusing them of seeking to find faults with the Harris/Walz ticket while giving Trump a free ride. It’s a troubling accusation, because he seems to run afoul of Hanlon’s Razor, which states “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” That, in […]
Joel Pett (Tribune) explains it all. We are now engaged in a great civil war, testing whether people are more afraid of scary, foolish nonsense than they are of genuine problems. The answer isn’t entirely clear, which is what makes reality so much fun. Certainly, the “real threats” of ignorance combined with disinformation are a […]
There’s not much to say about the place of truth and illusion in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? without spoilering Edward Albee’s play, which is nearly as mandatory to watch as George Orwell is to read if you want any insights on what’s happening around us today. Let’s just say it deserved the stack of […]
JD Crowe cuts to the chase and sets up our second day of Uvalde reactions. On his Facebook page, he cites a 2015 tweet as the inspiration: “In retrospect Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over.” — Dan Hodges (@DPJHodges on […]
There were a boatload of primaries the other day and now it’s on to November, and, as Dave Granlund says, we’ll be anxiously covering the mud slinging as part of what in media parlance is called “Horserace Coverage.” We won’t talk about policies or plans, because that’s boring. Besides, nobody cares. They just want to […]
I’ll be sending you off to some good stuff today, but let’s lead with a cartoon I absolutely cannot understand. I almost always disagree with AF Branco (Creators) but it’s not hard to figure out his rightwing fringe take on things. This one makes no sense, though, unless he preferred the succession of liars, obstructionists […]
There is a lot of kvetching over how horrible 2020 has been, but cartoonists are going to have to really kick out the jams to do better than Ann Telnaes (WashPost), who not only echoes Mike Dukakis’s Greek saying that a fish stinks from the head, but, working on-line, does not let herself be limited […]
As noted before, David Rowe has the advantage of being 14 hours away from Washington, but this is a very well-finished, timely commentary anyway, so there’s no point, in this case, of my waiting for everyone else to catch up. Details of the shooting didn’t emerge until late last night, but it was obvious at […]
I got a laugh out of this Ed Stein cartoon last night. It’s from 1994. I’d given up on contemporary cartoons for the moment, because the treatment of Biden/Reade went so far out of whack that it’s like when you shut down the washing machine because you can take a little banging, but now it’s […]
I don’t think you could have a better Labor Day commentary than this Clay Bennett cartoon. It could have run just about any time in the past year and a half, because Trump repeatedly takes credit for things that haven’t happened or that he had nothing to do with. But Trump has been particularly vocal […]
Kevin Siers offers the most iconic cartoon on this day, when editorial writers and editorial cartoonists have been called upon to voice their support and concern for the free press. A few editor’s notes of my own: I decided ahead of time that I would feature six cartoons from however many came across my desk, […]