Am I supposed to mourn a hateful man when he dies? Certainly Antonin Scalia could be much worse (consider Osama bin Laden or Ronald Reagan), but the negative impact he had on the lives affected by his jurisprudence was not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
2016
What makes this year stand out from other years when celebrities have died? We lost good people in 2015, 2014, and so on back through the years. I remember John Lennon’s murder and the outpouring of grief that went worldwide.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s strip runs a little late due to the holiday weekend. Did you enjoy it? Whether you celebrate Christmas or Solstice or Hanukah or something else, this was a good time to get together with loved ones and try[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another swipe at these “alt-right” neo-nazi douchebags. But they are not alone in their racism. Witness the response to Mall of America’s hiring of a black man to portray Santa. Let crocodiles weep for the wounded pride of knee-jerk racists as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week I take a break from the usual politics (because, my gawd, the hits just keep on coming, don’t they?) and reflect upon something a little more personal: my need for gadgets and the debt I have incurred through[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The publicity stunt that was Trump Saves Carrier Jobs comes as he appoints people like Tom Price (for Health and Human Services) to work with Paul Ryan and Congressional Republicans to privatize Social Security and turn Medicare into a shitty[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Is everyone properly disturbed yet? Since November 8th we have seen a huge wave of hate crimes directed against Americans of the Muslim faith or of Hispanic/Latino descent; Nazi swastikas sprayed on walls and Jewish cemeteries; a church burned with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Friends of mine are ditching Facebook and other social media. The election of Donald Trump dispirited them, shocked them, filled them with a mix of outrage, regret, and fear — emotions that spilled onto everyone’s feed in the form of personal rants[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What could be riskier for a politically oriented cartoonist than posting a cartoon the day before Election Day? Well, actually, a lot of things. Quite a few cartoonists in Turkey, Syria and elsewhere have been arrested, jailed and charged with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And we are back with color this week. I meant to do that last week, but I was struggling with asthma (still am) and bronchial issues and whine whine whine. Whatever. It’s in color and I am happy. This strip[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We are back to gag-a-week humor with today’s strip, which appears in black and white right now, because my asthma has been terrible lately. Sorry. I will color it soon; I wanted to make the deadline of posting it for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…