This cartoon was created and published in the sliver of time between Congress passing a 45 day stop gap measure to prevent a government shutdown (for now) and the inevitable ouster of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. Kevin[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fetch enjoys the chaos even as he despises the chaotic actors of the Republican Party. I’m more with the goose, demanding a government that serves the people — although like Fetch I don’t think these people are capable of it.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The news has been fixated on the hunt for and capture of an escaped prisoner in Pennsylvania. A man who murdered his girlfriend in front of her young children, he sounds like a menace to society and should be imprisoned[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The richest man — or the second, depending on which list you read — has been busy, using his wealth and power to make things worse for everyone else. No surprise there. Twitter has become a more dysfunctional shit show[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Recently Carlos Santana interrupted a performance to deliver his thoughts on trans health care, repeating tired old ideas about gender and outdated science. Meanwhile Stereogum asked Alice Cooper about the controversy over repressive laws on gender affirming care. His answer[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I enjoyed the mug shots and related memes. But I’m not convinced we’ll get the judicial conclusion we want or need. I’m not saying we shouldn’t try. But the wealthy and powerful have a vested interest in protecting their class[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Since I drew this cartoon, the death toll in Maui from the wildfires has risen to 111, and it will sadly but undoubtedly rise more. There were serious failures in the emergency alarm system, so that residents and tourists barely[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The indictments are welcome and necessary, because he’s going to have to be held accountable for at least one of his crimes. But it’s a real drag seeing the wall-to-wall media and social media coverage. And I’m not at all[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Hollywood writers and actors strike is about a lot of things, but the AI issues are novel this time around. Scanning actors and saving their likenesses to use in perpetuity is creepy and exploitative. And it shows how truly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I caught Covid two weeks ago, a few days after my daughter and granddaughter caught it. It spread to my son and partner. I am fortunate to have received Paxlovid early on, but it was still a crappy experience. My[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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