Recent Comments

1. about 14 years ago on Stuart Carlson

   As one of my colleagues said, she’s really quite aggressive in her ignorance…which is part of what made her popular in the first place. We are living in an era where “average” Americans (whatever that actually means) seem to want “someone like” them running things, rather than “elitist, educated egg-heads who are out of touch” with “real” America. And that’s precisely the problem. I don’t want someone like me running things–I want someone smarter than I am running things. And since I’m not exactly a dummy, I guess that means that I’m voting for the smart ones. Which in my state means I’m voting for Russ Feingold.

2. almost 15 years ago on Views of the World

   A more accurate comic would have a Republican with a Snidely Whiplash mustache holding a misleading sign.

3. over 15 years ago on Stone Soup International Sundays

   Know how you get them to pay attention? Unplug ‘em from their gadgets.

   That cell phone? YOINK! Mine now!

4. about 16 years ago on Doonesbury

   It’s functioning on two levels: mocking Sarah Palin, and mocking college students. (I’m a professor, and I have uttered the words spoken by the prof in the first two panels–though about English, not botany.)