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@Watcher: I agree, sorry for my assumptions. Yes, the world in general could have done better. Although to be fair,…
[…] the one below is what you refer to when anyone tells you no one in Israel ever called for…
@Dianne: Yes I've played pandemic and yes I've heard about the CDC. Just to be clear I wasn't specifically talking…
@watcher: On the one hand I think that nobody really handled the pandemic that well. Have you ever played the…
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Category Archives: Cartooning & comics
Nobody In Israel Said That!
Sources for all quotes used in the cartoon are at the end of this post. In a TV appearance in April 2024, Israeli-American journalist and pundit Emily Schrader said, “I don’t know of anyone who is in the current Israeli … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Palestine & Israel
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[A]political Judge
This one is by me and Becky Hawkins. It is very important to John Roberts that people perceive the Supreme Court as nonpartisan, and he’s often spoken about this. The trouble is, Roberts and the Roberts Court are strongly partisan, … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Supreme Court Issues
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The Implications Have Become The Monster
This is just an in-joke for me (and for you folks), but I’m pleased by the store sign in panel one, which is blocked by both a telephone pole and a word balloon. It says “Obscured Signs Inc.” In real … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Palestine & Israel
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Adorable AI Puppies
Another collaboration with Nadine Scholtes! (Nadine and I have done an AI-themed cartoon once before). I’m in my fifties, and therefore suspect myself anytime I don’t like a new technology. Is it really bad, or am I, in the manner … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics
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Everyone Knows Elections Are Rigged
In June of 2026, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was asked by CNN what evidence there is to prove election fraud in California: JOHNSON: It stinks to high heaven, and everybody knows that. Let’s remove the appearance of impropriety. … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Elections and politics
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A Bunch of Einsteins
Another collaboration with Becky Hawkins! Becky writes: This cartoon was a fun mix of historical (Charles Kao! Theodore Maiman! Young Einstein at Friedrich Wilhelm University!) and fanciful (annnd the octopus is… watching YouTube! while doing dishes!). Barry’s script for panel 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Economics and the like, science
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America’s Biggest Problem
Another collaboration with gorgeous visuals from R.E. Ryan. University of Amsterdam professor Petter Törnberg wrote an article that could have been written to go with this cartoon: It’s Not Polarization; It’s the Radicalization of the Political Right. Polarization offers an … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Media criticism
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Crime’s Gonna Get You!
Welcome back to Kevin Moore, whose lovely drawings we haven’t seen here in a pig’s age! (I have no idea what a “pig’s age” means.) Did you know that, according to the FBI, homicide rates in the US are the … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Media criticism
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@Dianne: Thanks for your apology, no worries, I may have come on a bit strong. Yes you're right. Realistically, given…