I always knew that Bill Watterson was a genius, but who knew that he could predict the future? And kudos for whoever (DeForester?) pasted in Trump’s face.
Jane Elliott, the teacher who became famous for the “blue eye / brown eye” experiment in her classroom, spoke recently about racism. She makes a point that I don’t hear often enough — that racism is so pervasive and insidious that we are all influenced by it. Indeed, even Elliott admits that she has exhibited […]
Bloom County has some advice for people who are freaking out about our upcoming election. © Berkeley Breathed Actually, I think things are going well. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are working together to produce the most progressive Democratic party platform in history. And there is hope (and even some evidence) that the current eruption […]
The National Rifle Association usually doesn’t mince words when defending the right of Americans to arm themselves. But we now have a case where a person, legally licensed to carry a concealed weapon, was stopped by the police for a broken taillight. He informed the officer that he had a firearm. The officer asked him […]
The most pleasantly surprising response to the recent racial tensions came from Newt Gingrich, while he was participating in a Facebook live chat: It took me a long time, and a number of people talking to me through the years to get a sense of this. If you are a normal, white American, the truth […]
[Jokes from June 22, 2016] “Things are really heating up between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Hillary gave a speech yesterday attacking Trump, and then today, Trump gave a counter-speech attacking Hillary. Which means 2016 will always be remembered as the election of ‘Shut up’ — ‘No, you shut up.’” – Jimmy Fallon “Donald Trump […]
It is time for people to stop hating and arguing against each other and realize that neither side has exclusive rights to the truth. Being a policeman is a tough job, and a dangerous job. Mistakes will happen. Most police deserve our respect and admiration. But a few police are criminals and should be removed […]
We are being bombarded by “news” about the horserace that is the presidential election, and are pretty much sick of it. Unfortunately, this means that we are ignoring the real stories behind the headlines. I mention this because we are missing a potentially generous serving of irony. For example, the headlines are blaring the news […]
Having lived in the UK, I can tell you that it really is that complicated. In fact, it is even worse. They didn’t even get into the status of the Isle of Mann, or the Channel Islands. And then there’s the Falklands, another part of the UK, even though they are just off the southern […]
© Tom Toles We’re still waiting to see Donald Trump’s tax returns so we can see how much he didn’t give to charity, because of all the money he claims to have, but doesn’t. But the big question is, could Trump actually hide a quarter? After all, he has really small hands.
I wish someone would stand up to Trump like this.
With the primaries essentially wrapped up, PolitiFact did an analysis of the 2016 presidential primaries and the statements from all the candidates. It is an interesting read. The primaries lasted 465 days (100 days more than a year), and PolitiFact published 650 fact checks (1.4 checks a day). The first conclusion is somewhat unexpected — […]
[This is a shortened version of an even better comic, which you can see here. It was written by Phil Plait and drawn by The Oatmeal.] This comic was based on a Facebook rant by Phil Plait: You remember how when you were a kid on the Fourth of July and your parents bought fireworks […]
Actor Aziz Ansari recently published an opinion piece in the NY Times titled “Why Trump Makes Me Scared for My Family“. Ansari isn’t a religious person, but he is the son of Muslim immigrants. You should read the whole article, but I just wanted to quote one thing. Mainly because it supports my theory that […]
Back in 1987, when Reagan was president, at the height of the cold war, top state department official Ronald Spiers (accidentally) leaked one of the government’s most sensitive documents (above top secret), which ended up in the hands of nearly every government in the world. The leaked document was a photo of the “National Intelligence […]
