The Current Situation

“Protect Insurance Companies” Public Service Announcement

As the health insurance debate in the United States heats up, we need to remember who the real victims are:…

15 years ago

Saturday Morning Cartoons

Here’s a selection of my favourite political editorial comics of the week: Bloomberg: Canadian Health Care, Even with Queues, Bests…

15 years ago

R.I.P. Patrick Swa – Kanye! Get Outta There!

R.I.P. Patrick Swayze. (In case you don’t get the Kanye West joke, here’s the backstory.)

15 years ago

The First Step is Admitting You Have a Problem

He forgot a couple: "Martyr complex" and “Can’t spell”.

15 years ago

Disney Buys Marvel

My spider-sense is tingling, and not in a good way: Disney is buying Marvel Entertainment (yup, that Marvel, as in…

15 years ago

“Make Up Your Mind / He Can’t Be All Four” is Now a T-Shirt

Back in April. Adam Sacks of the blog Adam Thinks created this so-funny-because-it’s-true graphic: After getting so many requests, he’s…

15 years ago

“Squeaking By” on a Mere $300,000

Squeaking By on $300,000: even in fat times, the headline of that article, which appeared in Sunday’s Washington Post, is…

15 years ago

Plus Ca Change…

The strange accusations about Barack Obama coming from the American wingnut brigade – Socialist! Radical Muslim! Foreign-born! – are nothing…

15 years ago

The Squeaky Fromme Gets the Release

Squeaky Fromme is free? Damn, I’m old. Click the photo to see Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme’s Wikipedia entry. (I wish I’d…

15 years ago

Glenn Beck and American Healthcare’s Amazing 16-month Comeback

What a difference 16 months makes! (And wow, does the Daily Show have an amazing video archivist!) Last night, the…

15 years ago