“In this issue’s compilation, the cartoonist asks us to ponder the relationship between a man (?) got up as a bird (and his/her/their spouse, perhaps, un-got-up-as-anything, yet); a gathering of not-very-nighthawkish diner-diners; a…

“I had the pleasure of attending a Kamala Harris rally in South Carolina, invited to the meet-and-greet by a member of a congregation I was serving at that time. I had admired Harris…

“The ant altered everything that was evaluated, including the dynamics between the largest terrestrial animals on Earth and the structure of the plant community. Along the way, the tiny, mighty ant has demonstrated—again—that…

“My weeklong stay at the Syngrou Hospital was like a holiday. If it had had a pool, it would have been perfect. I was stress-free, looking after only myself, leading a life of…

“I don’t know how my mother (to whom family was everything) would weather the pain of seeing families and friends torn apart by politics now. Back in the 1950s, my dad was a…

“This question should automatically trigger your DELETE key but, since AI has yet to advance to that level of sophistication, I usually yield to my curiosity and follow through, just long enough to…

“Despite my respect for the truth, if a badly dressed lunatic crawls in an open window, waves a knife under my nose, and demands to know where my wife is, I’ll tell him…

“My brother bought/ a dime bag and a revolver from a guy named Kool-Aid./ My mother was crowned a welfare queen, and drove/ a Cadillac assembled out of political mythology./ I smoked my…

“This past year, and over the entire course of the US presidential campaign, we have all borne witness, whether conscious, less conscious, or unconscious, to yet another dangerous dance with Wotan, with the…

“Cartoonist Mark Addison Kershaw’s getting off easy this summer: we’ve had two double-issues, and I’ve only managed to nag a total of seven cartoons out of him (for your and my viewing pleasure).…