Comics and illustration portfolio of Kevin Moore
News is coming down that Roman Polanski is off the hook: The Swiss government this morning announced that it has rejected the U.S.’ request to extradite the director back to Los Angeles so that he could finally face up to the charge he fled the country over back in 1977—namely, having sex with a 13-year-old … Read More “A Fine Distinction” »
The Oregonian editors lament the latest round of cuts in education throughout the state of Oregon and puzzle over the absence of outrage among citizens who see their school systems eliminate staff, shorten the school year, and close schools. But the editors hasten to add, lest anyone think they are crazy or something, “We’re not … Read More “Why NOT Perpetually Fund Education?” »
So far the “reasons to doubt” allegations of sexual assault by vice president Al Gore seem less like reasons to doubt than cases of cautious reporting and police investigation — both worthy things if we presume the accused is innocent and the onus of evidence is on the state. Lack of evidence is simply that; … Read More “We Know Bupkis, But Let’s Keep Babbling!” »
Oh, Daily Beast, you are a wonder. When I tire of the right wing war blather, there you are, serving up the liberal equivalent. But first, I agree with Atrios — Peter Beinart has a point: Last summer, he tried to split the difference—surging in Afghanistan while simultaneously pledging to retreat on the theory that … Read More “The Point is What?” »
ONOZ. Foreign Affairs editor James Hoge on why [McChrystal] must be fired—and how Obama is in danger of becoming a wuss. Not a wuss! At first I thought this choice of words came from the Daily Beast editors, no strangers to crass and reductionist language. For most of the column, Hoge himself takes the long … Read More “Help! The President’s Dick is IN DANGER!” »
Bob Herbert looks at the past decade of U.S. domestic and foreign policy and finds it wanting. Well, duh; but he draws from the malaise a reasonable conclusion that strikes at the heart of both Bushy ur-conservatism and Obama’s Middle Path: we have given up. We are submitting to this debacle with the same pathetic … Read More “Embracing Mediocrity” »
I hate opinion pieces like these. Peter Beinart advances the useless notion that President Obama’s address to the West Point Academy wasn’t stirring enough: Obama is clearly trying to ensure that the Afghan war no longer be run on a blank check. That’s why he famously brought OMB Director Peter Orszag to be photographed at … Read More “Weasel Column” »
Under Bush I recall a lot of talk of “outrage fatigue.” Things were so bad, with news of the administration’s nefarious activities or the out-of-control consequences of its policy decisions hitting the public every day, that anyone not in the Reflexive Apologist Camp felt overwhelmed and almost helpless.1 Thank goodness for elections. Not that people … Read More “Outrage Fecklessness” »
Atrios doesn’t get the controversy over the iPad — which one of the comments likens to the rivalry between aficionados of Gibson Les Paul guitars and those of Fender Stratocasters. Something about technology invites people (mostly men, it seems) to go deep tribal, grab their crotches and bellow insults at their rivals. “Some people might … Read More “Mine Vs. Yours” »
Remember when we used to chastise Bush for his blunt “bring ’em on” bravura? Yeah, so…what do we make of the Obama administration’s naked threat to nuke anyone who wants to develop nukes? Mr. Obama’s new strategy makes just about every nonnuclear state immune from any threat of nuclear retaliation by the United States. But … Read More “Subtle” »