by John L Micek

A.I. Anxieties: Top ten cartoons of the week

This week, critics pounced on Time magazine for naming the architects of artificial intelligence its person (people?) of the year. Our most-reprinted cartoon of the week, drawn by Dave Whamond, mocks the cover as something A.I. itself would come up w..

December 18, 2025

Australia’s fake gun control

Making Sense By Michael Reagan What a terrible bloody week it was. From Rhode Island to Australia, innocent unarmed people were killed in cold blood by evil men with guns. On Saturday at Brown University in Providence, a man with a common 9-mm handg..

Terrible teatimes

Some people are addicted to drugs. My family is addicted to tea. I think it’s hereditary. One of my ancestors put leaves in a cup of boiling water, tasted it, and found it good. Other people might think tea is terrible, and they have the right to ..

Homophobia remains a big issue among conservatives

There's an intense war going on at the moment among members of the online MAGA-verse, far-right figures who have been largely supportive of Donald Trump. From politics to religion to support for Trump, the MAGA community is in serious disarray over..

Podcaster lacks decency with vitriolic rant over Erika Kirk

I have never been married, which means I have never been widowed. I have, however, been around widows all my life, since the life expectancy for men in my family is significantly shorter than that of the ladies. Both of my grandmothers were widows f..

December 17, 2025

Are you expecting the Tooth Fairy for Christmas?

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree Most of us take it for granted that December should be a month for festive cheer, not wailing and gnashing of teeth. So I went for my semiannual dental cleaning with expectations that it would be the customary quick “See ya..

Happy anniversary to the way things used to be

You may have noticed the MAGA madman is still fixated on the 2020 election he decisively lost but inexplicably thinks he won. In fact, we have a new trifecta. On Oct. 26 he lied that Joe Biden’s win was “the biggest SCANDAL in American history!�..

December 16, 2025

Dreaming of a white Christmas

The Northeast was blanketed with snow last weekend, and I loved it — because I love how snow humbles us. When it snows in my hometown of Pittsburgh, people pour out into the streets. We shovel sidewalks and driveways, invigorated by the crisp air ..

December 15, 2025

Santa slays: Top ten cartoons of the week

Two weeks out from Christmas, Santa Claus is already taking over the country's op-ed pages. Our list of most-reprinted cartoons this week is dominated by St. Nick, including two gut-busters drawn by Dave Whamond. One is a funny riff on the Epstein Fi..

December 11, 2025

How to save the Post Office

The more things change at the U.S. Postal Service, the more that they stay the same, unfortunately. The volume of mail moving through the system continues to drop, yet the size of the workforce, thanks to a bad decision by former Postmaster General ..

A bill to cure Trump Derangement Syndrome

Within my immediate family, the Trump Derangement Syndrome team outnumbers the MAGAs by an 8-1 ratio. Some on the Trump Derangement Syndrome squad resemble retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi in their passionate anti-Trump rhetoric. After calling President T..

The salesman in chief makes his pitch

Making Sense By Michael Reagan President Trump kicked off his “Affordability Tour” this week in Pennsylvania. The liberal media immediately blamed him for not already making prices fall after 10 months, but that’s OK. He’s doing exactly what..

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