CSotD: Recalculating
Ann Telnaes is hardly the only cartoonist to show people — particularly Republican politicians — wearing their covid masks over…
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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: Waiting for Shelleen
Political cartoons aren’t supposed to be funny except when they are, and I got a laugh out of Cathy Wilcox‘s…
CSotD: Deliberate lies and foolish sincerity
One of the advantages for a newspaper of employing a local cartoonist is that, when someone in your congressional delegation…
CSotD: Guilty, and the reactions
There’s a lot to be said for simplicity, and Bruce Plante scores with a cartoon that tells the story and…
CSotD: Withdrawal pains
Let’s start by saying it could be worse: This isn’t a cartoon but a classic illustration by Elizabeth Butler of…
CSotD: Overthinking the Funnies
Today’s Zits (KFS) stopped me in my tracks, not because it’s funny, which it is, but because my first response…
CSotD: Mostly humor
We’ll get to the funny pages in a minute, but here’s Ann Telnaes (WaPo)‘s take on Mitch McConnell’s latest. McConnell…
CSotD: Gaetzenfreude
Some headline writer at the New York Times has won the Captain Obvious award for that one, though I prefer…
CSotD: Selfishness and sacrifice
Here’s a snippet of a longer piece by Ann Telnaes, contrasting the sacrifices Americans made in WWII with the ones…
CSotD: Boxers, Briefs and Bull****
I don’t know which is worse, that Ann Telnaes (WashPost) has so well critiqued yesterday’s press conference, or that her…
CSotD: Friday Clean-up
The current level of toxicity on social media is depressing and probably bodes ill for the country, but, whatever is…
CSotD: Starting with a tribute, ending with theft
David Rowe points out Biden’s success in forcing through his stimulus with the help of a successful vaccine rollout. …
CSotD: Mostly for laughs
I hadn’t planned on doing politics today, but this topic won’t wait, because Biden has promised an announcement Monday on…
CSotD: Looking For a Few Good Options
Ann Telnaes (WashPost) on GOP resistance to the hike in the minimum wage, now imperiled by a parliamentarian ruling that…