I read this NY Times article On Israel, Progressive Jews Feel Abandoned by Their Left-Wing Allies (Jewish leaders and voters said they were taken aback to discover that many of their ideological allies saw them as oppressors who deserved blame following the Israel attacks.) The article begins as follows: Progressive Jews who have spent years…

My illustration above: Republicans have always wanted Americans to consider those trying to cross the border as dangerous aliens. I wonder if the Republicans described in this New York Times column … Republicans Use Israel Attack to Stoke Fears About U.S.-Mexico Border G.O.P. lawmakers and candidates regularly invoke record-high border crossings to address a range…

You can title this illustration Jim Jordan likes to be on top. I was prompted to photoshop this illustration after reading the following in this column in today’s NY Times: Mr. Jordan clearly fancies himself more of a Trumpian strongman. He has never been a leader or a serious legislator but is, rather, a career…

Sometime one word is all that is need to express what one might be tempted to write an entire expository tract about. In this instance the organization Republican Accountabilty (see Wikipedia) came up with a perfect word to decribe something Donald Trump said. The post from the organization on X which was included in this…

I had to superimpose a smiling picture of myself over my usual alarmed face: As usual I woke up early today and first thing I did was click on the small bedroom televsion which is set to MSNBC. I’d hoped to sleep until 5:00 but alas it was 3:45. I’m glad I decided not to…

Above is the article in the local newspapers about my great-grandfather when he died at what was at the time the very old age of 91. He was one of the founders of one of the synagogues in our city and was an observant Jew. Of his three sons two were observant and one, my…

It’s not possible to put a visible thought bubble which members of Trump’s MAGA cult can see, and even if this was possible there’s no guarantee it would break their addction to him. The thought bubble could let everyone know what Trump was really thinking including and could say “I think you’re all stupid” as…

On the right is Trump’s first post since his return to Muck’s social media platform (Twitter, aka X) after being banned and Musk’s reply where he noted that there were “approximately 10 million views per hour of this image.” On the right is a post on Truth Social which Trump reposted. Afernoon Update: Here’s a…

Above is a photo from an article in People Magazine showing Richard Cottingham, the Times Square Serial Killer. Real life killers like him are also depicted in TV crime shows where dogged detectives track down murderers who commited gory crimes. Individuals and groups throughout history have engaged in brutality against fellow human beings. Consider this…