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Pat Byrnes is a long-time cartoonist for The New Yorker, illustrator, humorist, and winner of the National Cartoonist Society’s Silver Reuben. Previous careers include voice actor, ad copywriter, and aerospace engineer.
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The government shutdown grinds forward, with no end in sight and no deal on the horizon to bring together Republicans and Democrats.... More
Making Sense By Michael Reagan It was fun watching Kaitlin Collins of CNN the other day as she marveled at Donald Trump’s... More
Legend has it a fearsome beast roams the Pine Barrens, a beast with a horned head and goat hooves. Its screams are... More
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree “Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.” -... More
Civility is making headlines again — that lack of it, that is. Recent surveys by workplace-research firms, such as Sogolytics and the... More
I grew up calling myself “Italian.” I never used “Italian-American,” partly because it’s fairly obvious that I am American and also because... More
Politicians have been lying since the dawn of our formerly vibrant democracy. Random examples abound. John Adams and his pamphleteering surrogates said... More
What's left to say about the government shutdown and our broken politics in the nation's capital? Because Republicans and Democrats can't get... More
Even President Donald Trump's millions of critics cannot deny one central aspect of his character that has kept him at the forefront... More
We should replace all political debates with a high-stakes game of Twister. It would be highly entertaining and significantly more representative of... More
Making Sense By Michael Reagan It's almost like the news media is trying to get us to hide under our beds in... More
It appears no one was more taken aback over Donald Trump's victory than former Vice President Kamala Harris, whose tight political circle... More
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree Unless you’ve been living in a van down by the river, you’ve doubtless endured a “Saturday Night Live”... More
The other night on CNN, there was a discussion about the troubling commonality between the people who are committing so many of... More
Lest we be tempted to applaud the Sinclair Broadcasting Group’s Friday decision to put Jimmy Kimmel back on the air in cities... More
Ring. Ring. “Hello, this is Tom.” “We know who you are, Tom.” “Who is this? How’d you get my smartphone number?” “Your... More
Making Sense By Michael Reagan After watching the spiritually uplifting and politically momentous memorial service for Charlie Kirk last Sunday in Phoenix,... More
Recently, a Texas minister has found himself under fierce and frantic fire after informing white parents they’re “failing” their kids if they... More
When Donald Trump was reelected, who predicted late-night television would become relevant again? Thanks to the cancelation of Stephen Colbert's show and... More
A nation that does not know its history is doomed to do poorly on the SAT. With this harrowing warning in mind,... More