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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

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.

Security Blanket

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Fear and irrationality were the themes on my mind, going into this cartoon. That got me thinking about “security blankets,” of which the one belonging to Linus in Peanuts is surely the most well-known example…