“The New Yorker is famous for its cryptic cartoons, which seem to require at least two decades of residence in New York City plus a diploma in Woody Allen Studies before a reader can stroke his or her chin and think ‘Ah, I see why that’s funny.’ But this week’s cover doesn’t work…”

—Richard Adams: New Yorker cartoon unfunny shock

“BACK before we lost our collective minds and began shrieking with horror at the thought of kids having fun on their own (as in not part of an official league or otherwise organized activity), they used to do things like find a vacant field, turn it into a makeshift diamond and spend glorious hours in the summer sun.”

—Build a Wiffle Ball Field and Lawyers Will Come

“[I]f you look at the political fights he’s picked throughout his political career, the main theme is not any ideology. It’s that he hates stupidity… He was anti-dumb.”

—I tend to hate stupidity as well. Gail Collins on Obama’s Flip-Flopping.

squashed:

Apparently McCain understands that drilling for oil in protected area will 1) provide new immediate economic benefit, and 2) have a negligible long-term benefit.  He apparently supports it for the “psychological impact.”

That’s right.  McCain wants to increase drilling because it would feel good.

Old School

  • Mitch: I wasn't looking for a girl like that.
  • Beanie: Well, Columbus wasn't looking for America, my man, but that turned out to be pretty okay for everyone.