CSotD: Independence Day, half a century ago
This Doonesbury ran on May 30, 1973, not July 4, but it’s an important intro to the political cartoons that…
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CSotD: On the Eve
Scott Stantis sits out on a lonely limb, preserving his professional identity as a conservative while also maintaining personal decency,…
CSotD: Monday Dissensions
Starting the day with things we ought not to believe, Ann Telnaes encapsulates the conflicting stories about how the Secret…
CSotD: The Downer Report
Here’s a bit of bad news from Jimmy Margulies (KFS), which doesn’t fit my politics, because I’m far from ready…
CSotD: This is not Watergate
It is unfortunate that the 50th anniversary of the Watergate scandal coincides with the current political crisis, but we’ve added…
CSotD: Getting the Picture
My intention this morning was to hold off on last night’s hearing until cartoonists had a chance to comment, and…
CSotD: Expecting a miracle
Marc Murphy warns that it is late, though perhaps not too late. But it is certainly too late to sit…
CSotD: Witnesses for the Defense
A bit of political catching up, and Ann Telnaes expresses what I hope is a wider frustration with the lack…
CSotD: Happiness and other fairy tales
Today’s Pardon My Planet (KFS) provides a coincidental coda to the impeachment, because, come on now, what did you expect?…
CSotD: Spin, Hype, Lies
I find it perversely comforting that, having praised Popeye the Sailor Mensch on Saturday for giving away a million dollars,…
CSotD: Bearing Witness
Topics for cartoons are beginning to come out of Washington like the firehose of which Dan Perkins warned, and Chip…
CSotD: Madmen with sticks
If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity…
CSotD: Offensive Holding
(Joe Heller) (Darrin Bell) Back in the 1970s, when instant replay first emerged and there was discussion of using it…
Comic Strip of the Day: What is in a name?
I wasn’t sure where to start today, but David Horsey may come the closest to my position. I’m not quite…
Comic Strip of the Day: The End of the Beginning
“This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is perhaps the end…