by John L Micek

2025 was one heck of a year (and that’s the clean version). It was a year defined by devastating departures, including what was left of my youthful good looks. First, as you may have read about in a previous column, last summer, my wife and I move..

January 13, 2026

Trump official fighting the good fight against voter fraud

One of the most determined and dedicated fraud fighters in the U.S. is the under-appreciated, unsung Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, a constitutional law expert and free speech advocate. Dhillon succeeds the controversia..

The dark road ahead following Renee Good’s death

Millions of Americans continue to mourn the tragic death of Renee Good, the Minneapolis mother fatally shot by a federal immigration agent last week mere blocks from her home. Good, who was driving a maroon Honda near the protest, was confronted by ..

Reaching a conclusion about Renee Good’s killing

It finally dawned on me the connections we make on social media have absolutely nothing to do with reality. This is why I never tried online dating. I know people who found love that way, including a few “silver singles” who managed to excavate ..

January 12, 2026

A mass exodus from the totalitarian playhouse on the Potomac

As I tally the growing list of artists who have scraped Donald Trump off their shoes by exiting the MAGA Kennedy Center - the latest refugees are Nashville banjoist Bela Fleck and the entire Washington National Opera - I can’t help but recall so m..

Kids’ winter cure for nature deficit disorder

[carton id="291693"] I was so determined to hit Jimmy Miller in the shins with my toboggan that I didn’t notice the pond. Maybe I’d better explain. Winter is upon us. When the snow falls, there's only one place a kid should be: out in the element..

A classy conservative in a quirky syndicate: Remembering Michael Reagan

Michael Reagan, the son of President Ronald Reagan, passed away recently at the age of 80. He was a newspaper columnist, among many other things, and he wrote columns for my syndicate, Cagle Cartoons, as a conservative in a group filled with liberal..

A classy conservative in a quirky syndicate: Remembering Michael Reagan

Editor's note: This column is written by Daryl Cagle, the owner of Cagle Cartoons Michael Reagan, the son of President Ronald Reagan, passed away recently at the age of 80. He was a newspaper columnist, among many other things, and he wrote columns ..

Sky-high prices: Top ten cartoons of the week

We're nearly one year into Donald Trump's second term in the White House, but so far there isn't much that costs less then when he took office. Clearly high prices are on the mind of readers. Our most-reprinted cartoon this week was a funny piece dra..

January 8, 2026

Rest in peace, Mike

Editor's note: This column is written by author and former columnist Bill Steigerwald News of the death of my old friend Michael Reagan went viral this week – justifiably. When it was announced on Jan. 4 Mike had died of cancer at the age 80, many..

January 7, 2026

Writing woes

Proofread carefully to make make sure your writing is correct. It never ceases to annoy me when people misuse the written word. English is a beautifully ugly language. For one, it allows phrases like “beautifully ugly.” For two, it has words lik..

Why can’t we speak ill of the dead?

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree This is the year I start asking, “Why?” When some tidbit of casually dispensed “wisdom” grates on my nerves, I’m going to channel a persistently inquisitive youngster and bombard my “benefactor” with “Why?” ..

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