July 2012

Violence and Politics (and recursion)

Friday, July 20th, 2012 Politics

Of all the elements of American Conservatism that I dislike and/or disrespect (and it’s a long list), the worst might be Conservatives’ self-bestowed role as arbiters of who can and who cannot “politicize” tragedy. It’s not just the proscriptive, arch condescension of trying to do that—trying to police everyone else’s rhetoric in the public sphere—it’s […]

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Another archived cartoon, which I’m going to blithely pass off as a sardonic critique of Katie Holmes’ new Elle cover:

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Monday, July 9th, 2012 Cartoons

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