Posts featuring Cartoons
Torch of Liberty
Saturday, June 29, 2013
I thought the “free at last” segment from Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech might be repurposed to refer to this decision as a backwards step for Civil Rights if I were to pair it with an image that was neither subtle, nor easily-misinterpreted…
Undermining Liberty
Saturday, June 15, 2013
The idea of a database containing who-knows-how-much personal information communicated by who-knows-how-many people, with no individual or public oversight of its contents, is awe-inspiring, and terrifyingly Orwellian, whether it’s being kept in the name of “fighting terrorism” or “the free market.”
Fishing Expedition
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Tags: 24-hour news, cable news, CBS, CNN, fish, fish story, fishing, fishing lures, Fox, Fox News, minnow, Moby Dick, MSNBC, NBC, sperm whale, whale
Under PRESSure
Saturday, May 18, 2013
The Department of Justice seized the phone records of the Associated Press, allegedly in pursuit of “leaks” of classified information…
Sanford & State
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Tags: affair, bride, cheating husband, dishonesty, Elizabeth Colbert-Bush, Fred Sanford, groom, hairpins, horrible skin, Lamont Sanford, making out, Mark Sanford, marriage, mistress, Sanford & Son, South Carolina, wedding, wedding bands, wedding cake, wedding dress
Dungeons & Drag-Ons
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Tags: Barack Obama, chain, doberman, due process, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, habeas corpus, handcuffs, indefinite detention, Obama, shackles
Spot the Difference
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Despite the recent rash of mass-shootings, and overwhelming public support for gun control, Congress instead decided it was more important to once again prove their loyalty to the NRA, defeating every potential protection for gun victims while still passing protections for gun owners!
The Wisdom of King Solomon
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Tags: Barack Obama, compromise, Democrat, donkey, GOP elephant, King Solomon, Margaret Thatcher, Obama, obituaries, obituary, Roger Ebert, Social Security, Solomon, wisdom
Old Monsanto Had a Farm
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Tags: Children of the Corn, Congress, corn, crucifix, Genetically Modified Organism, GMO, He Who Walks Behind the Rows, Monsanto, noose, pitchfork, scarecrow, sickle, Stephen King
Something Old, Something New
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Comparing the present state of Marriages vs. Civil Unions to the “separate but equal” policies of Jim Crow and Racial Segregation is far from a new idea… I was searching for a novel way of addressing the concept when I was reminded of Norman Rockwell’s painting The Problem We All Live With, which depicts Ruby Bridges being escorted by U.S. Marshals, as the first black student at a previously all-white school.