A New York Times article today echoes many NYT articles of Martin Luther King’s lifetime in dismissing the activist efforts of young people — black young people in particular — as unfocused, lacking leadership, what’s the point, etc etc. Just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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This week Pope Francis condemned the AQAP attack on Charlie Hebdo, but then asserted a religious exception to free speech rights. Polly Toynbee likened his logic to the “she had it coming” wife-beater’s defense. Meanwhile, due to the huge public[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A digital drawing I made on my iPad with Paper by 53. I think it’s a shame he will never see the inside of a jail, unless it’s to pick out his next prey on the controlled hunting range.
Despite lack of updating on this site, I have been productive, cartooning-wise. Recently I contributed a fill-in comic strip to Jake Richmond’s funny and adorable adventure webcomic Modest Medusa. I also recently designed a logo for Tom Peter’s video game[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Or not. The big news in sports this week is the NFL’s indefinite dismissal of Ray Rice, following publication of a video that showed Rice brutally beating his fianceé, Janay. Rice had previously received a two-week suspension related to this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This process seems to have accelerated among people who use Twitter and other social media as a means of reacting to current events. It only got worse once The President, John McCain and the usual party liners began asserting American[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It was fortunate Michael Dunn’s three other victims survived the bullet wounds he inflicted on them: not only for its own (most obvious) sake, but they were alive to testify in court and help bring about the convictions that will[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…