by John L Micek

Halloween hijinks: Top ten cartoons of the week

Even though we're still a week away from Halloween, it's never too early for cartoonists to flex their holiday-drawing muscles. Our most-reprinted Halloween cartoon this week comes from Chris Weyant, who drew two pumpkins and the impact reading too m..

October 23, 2025

Tearing down Trump’s ballroom

Making Sense By Michael Reagan No wonder the dying legacy news media is increasingly distrusted and despised by the American people. They spent much of this week tearing their hair out over “King” Trump’s White House construction project. Trum..

Revisiting term limits

Republican Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee recently proposed amending the U.S. Constitution to allow President Trump to run for another term. Currently, a president may not serve more than two terms. Given the high threshold for passing a Constitutiona..

Video game mayhem

I always loved when my brother made me play video games with him and hated it when I had the controller. Or maybe it’s the other way around. In our family, it has long ago been settled that I have no skills when it comes to video game controllers...

The latest case of racism and antisemitism in the Republican Party

The more things change, the more they stay the same. The fallout is still happening after approximately 3,000 pages of leaked Telegram messages from Young Republican leaders revealed racist slurs, antisemitic praise for Hitler, misogynistic rape jok..

Is there a ‘Perfectville’ in your life?

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree My morning routine: wonder, “How many business ventures has Elon Musk launched in the time it took me to microwave this sausage patty?” My evening routine: read Terri Libenson’s “The Pajama Diaries” comic strip, in ..

October 22, 2025

Judging the judges, and there’s a lot to not like

My first job after graduating from law school was clerking for an appellate court judge. From 1987 to 1988, I worked, and learned, under the Honorable James R. Cavanaugh on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. That year taught me more about the law t..

October 21, 2025

One key element was missing from the massive ‘No King’ rallies

To the surprise of absolutely nobody - except perhaps the MAGA cultists who bought the nonsense about impending “antifa” “Marxist” “terrorist” violence - the patriots who marched on Saturday numbered in the multi millions and did so in p..

Brilliant tips from our nanny government

When I visited Ready.gov, I was taken aback by this jarring disclaimer: “NOTICE: Due to the lapse in federal funding, portions of this website may not be updated … until after appropriations are enacted.” Nobody outside of the Libertarian Part..

October 20, 2025

Chicago wants ICE

The political truism that citizens get the government they deserve is on full display in Chicago. Interpreted, the truism means voters choose their leaders, and if conditions do not turn out as hoped, they should have been more cautious before casti..

October 16, 2025

Crazy times: Top ten cartoons of the week

A government shutdown. Costs continuing to rise. Soldiers on the streets of American cities. Political enemies of the president targeted by his administration. Reporters forced out of the Pentagon. Outside of the peace deal between Israel and Hamas, ..

Not even a Gov. Trump can save California

Making Sense By Michael Reagan Will the ceasefire deal Donald Trump brokered in Gaza last? Will the end of the fighting between Israel and Hamas finally bring peace to a bloody and tragic corner of the Middle East after 77 years? Let’s pray so. Th..

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