Recent Columns

To win, the GOP needs to say what its for, not against
March 14, 2024 by Michael Reagan
Making Sense by Michael Reagan Republicans are never going to impeach Joe Biden. Just as Democrats weren’t able to impeach Donald Trump because they didn’t control the Senate, Republicans are never going to impeach Biden for the same reason...
On St. Patrick’s Day, remembering when the Irish ruled the ring
March 14, 2024 by Joe Guzzardi
The date: September 7, 1892. The event: the World Heavy Weight title battle, featuring challenger John J. Sullivan. “the Boston Strong Boy,” America’s first sports hero...
The big re-run: Top ten cartoons of the week
March 14, 2024 by Daryl Cagle
Get ready for a long campaign, as both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have officially secured their respective party's presidential nomination. The campaign could get even worse, if Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers takes Robert F...
A female Republican’s most thankless job
March 14, 2024 by Dick Polman
There are lots of thankless odious jobs in America – sanitation worker, septic tank repairman – but surely none are worse than cleaning up Donald Trump’s serial excrement. It’s a tough job, defending a guy who also brags about ending Roe v...
I got COVID when COVID wasn’t cool
March 14, 2024 by Jase Graves
Well, it finally happened. I got COVID! Then the headaches started, like my frontal lobe was hosting a rave party for Diet Coke and Mentos...
Katie Britt and the cult of the kitchen
March 13, 2024 by Elwood Watson
It was "The Stepford Wives" meets "The Handmaid’s Tale. Katie Britt, which has been widely mocked by politicians and pundits alike...
Speak softly and carry a can opener
March 13, 2024 by Alexandra Paskhaver
["cartoon id="272355"] You shouldn’t need the arm strength of a gorilla to open a can of tuna. And it is easy, if you define hard as easy. On my part, I’m just about ready to donate my cans to the local ballpark so I can see flying fish...
Has the Pentagon shattered your faith in UFOs?
March 13, 2024 by Danny Tyree
Tyrades! You may recall last summer a former intelligence officer told Congress that Uncle Sam maintains a covert stockpile of downed alien spacecraft and corpses...
Missing my Irish ancestors
March 12, 2024 by Tom Purcell
Piglet! Like millions of Americans, I’ve been poking into my heritage using ancestry sites, such as FamilySearch. That’s how I learned that “Purcell” is an occupational name of Norman origin for "swineherd...
The struggling Biden campaign
March 11, 2024 by Carl Golden
The Biden campaign is floundering – directionless, unable to formulate a coherent second term vision and battered by a series of national polls that place his public standing at historic low levels for an incumbent president seeking re-election...
Our obsession with true crime
March 11, 2024 by Peter Funt
In television, now more than ever, crime pays. Nearly half of Apple’s top 20 podcasts in the U. are devoted to true crime, and the internet is chockablock with recommendations for the best new true crime books...
Pushing veterans aside to hire ‘new Americans’
March 11, 2024 by Joe Guzzardi
New York, Illinois, and California are among the states most closely associated with embracing illegal border crossers and assorted other asylum seekers...
Search for answers in Philly shootings leads to a need for searches
March 11, 2024 by Christine Flowers
In 1978, I took the first of four driving exams. I’ll spare you the details, but suffice it to say that you cannot convince a Pa. Eventually, 30 years later, I took the test once more and passed. It was basically a matter of pride...
Joe Biden’s State of the Union was strong. Why am I not surprised?
March 8, 2024 by Dick Polman
Al Pacino, in the film version of Glengarry Glen Ross, sat in a bar and said, “Our life is looking forward or looking back. Where is the moment? We can’t alter the past and we can’t see the future, so we should maximize the present moment...
All about age: Top ten cartoons of the week
March 7, 2024 by Daryl Cagle
Age is on the mind of voters in America, with 81-year-old Joe Biden and 77-year-old Donald Trump set to face off in November's presidential election...
Have we forgotten Trump’s ‘appalling response’ to the pandemic?
March 7, 2024 by Dick Polman
It’s perversely fitting that the anti-science quack whose imbecilic behavior during the pandemic resulted in an unnecessarily high death toll is now declaring that, if returned to power, he will withdraw all federal funds from public schools that ..
A miracle in California
March 7, 2024 by Michael Reagan
Making Sense by Michael Reagan A miracle occurred Tuesday in California’s U. Senate primary race....
What does spring break mean to you?
March 6, 2024 by Danny Tyree
Tyrades!. Easter break, a... “unwind, rejuvenate, have fun, but don’t forget how oppressed you are, students”) is not the same for every family. High school?..
Not much to speak of
March 6, 2024 by Alexandra Paskhaver
It’s the off-the-cuff speeches that take the most preparation. Come to think of it, I haven’t even been a public speaker. But I am undeterred. Or unhinged. You get it. I have a lot of examples to look up to...
The creep of Christian nationalism
March 5, 2024 by Elwood Watson
Historically viewed as a fringe belief system, Christian nationalism has become a considerable force in American politics, particularly as it relates to the current Republican Party...
No brainer
March 4, 2024 by Tom Purcell
Get this: Men and women’s brains are different...
Biden woes: Top ten cartoons of the week
February 29, 2024 by Daryl Cagle
It was another busy week for the nation's cartoonists, with news running the gamut from Mitch McConnell stepping down from Republican leadership to AT&T's cell phones going down across the country...
Nikki, it’s time to fold your losing hand
February 29, 2024 by Michael Reagan
Making Sense by Michael Reagan OK, Nikki Haley. It’s long past time for you to drop out of the race for the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nomination. Donald Trump has humiliated your political butt in primaries across the U...
The damage Mitch McConnell has done to democracy is indelible
February 29, 2024 by Dick Polman
To best assess the execrable essence of Mitch McConnell, you just need to connect the dots. 6, after the dead and the injured and the feces smeared on walls, McConnell tore into Donald Trump...
Am I overthinking slang?
February 28, 2024 by Danny Tyree
Tyrades! And yet…there’s something not quite rational about the agitators who force our language to evolve. Crawl up on dry land!..
Philosophy rocks
February 28, 2024 by Alexandra Paskhaver
Usually I don’t read anything more complex than the back of a cereal box, but this week — perhaps it was fate, perhaps it was indigestion — I found an essay on Latin America...
Becoming a Swiftie Dad, and other skills I’ve learned
February 28, 2024 by Jase Graves
Having raised three daughters, I’ve gained, in the words of Liam Neeson, “a very particular set of skills...
Black voters aren’t buying Trump’s racial pandering
February 27, 2024 by Elwood Watson
Being the ever-menacing carnival barker that he is, former president Donald Trump said the four criminal cases he faces have garnered him significant support from Black voters...
Will forgiving college debt win or lose votes?
February 26, 2024 by Tom Purcell
President Biden recently sent an email to 153,000 student-loan borrowers reminding them to vote for him this autumn...