Toon and text by John Auchter As a general disclaimer, my deadline for the cartoon was before the actual hearings with and Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh started. So I'm taking a guess at Ford's hair color and style. I'm pretty sure Senators Hatch, Graham, and … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2018
Come Heller high water … the Judge Kavanaugh hearing edition
Come Heller high water … Dr. Ford seemed direct, detailed and emotionally honest. Judge Kavanaugh seemed, at turns, smug, frat-boyish, rude, bullying, explosive (great quality for a judge), weepy, evasive, defiant and childish. Winner by several miles: Dr. Ford. I'll be … [Read more...]
Surveyin’ da Situation: Ready or not, here comes fall
By John Matonich As the leaves change color around here, there are lots of things going on. It typically means school is starting and the young folks head back to the classroom to pick up where they left off earlier this year. It also means football season starts and the local … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … and ‘the survey says’ edition
Come Heller high water … I wish Democrats would just shut up about a “blue wave” for the mid-terms. There may be one but it’s far less likely to happen when they keep going on pundit shows and yapping/boasting about it. Zip the lips, people. Let things unfold. Watched pots, … [Read more...]
Miss Michigan turned 8 seconds into this …
Miss Michigan didn’t win the Miss America pageant last week but she did win a bigger prize, I figure. R-e-s-p-e-c-t. You probably didn’t see the pageant. Relatively few did. The ratings said about four million TVs were tuned in, down about 20 percent from the previous year, … [Read more...]