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Travel Advisories from the Secretary of State 26 Aug 2013 | 09:41 pm
click for comic International news is horrible, always. I like to make jokes, so I don’t cover it as often as I should. The travel advisories and embassy closings issued by the government a couple we...
The Disenfranchising Team 20 Aug 2013 | 09:21 pm
click for comic North Carolina passed an expansive voter suppression bill last week. Other states began moving forward with their own bills immediately after the Roberts’ Court gutted a key provision...
The U.S. Government’s Incredible Threats 12 Aug 2013 | 09:40 pm
click for comic Citing “credible threats,” the government closed a bunch of embassies last week. Presumably based on information gathered while monitoring an Al Qaeda conference call. That’s all fine...
Brood CXIII Congress 5 Aug 2013 | 09:58 pm
click for comic The current Congress, especially the GOP-led House, is one of the least productive ones in history. And now they’re on a five week vacation. At least I think it’s a vacation. I hav...
Greetings from Flyover Country 29 Jul 2013 | 09:23 pm
click for comic President Obama is in the midst of touring the country and giving speeches about the economy. I agree with most of the content of those speeches, but after five years of saying those ...
McBudget Advice for Fast-Food Employees 22 Jul 2013 | 09:28 pm
click for comic McDonald’s and Visa were roundly mocked last week for making a website designed to “help” their employees budget on their meager wages. The sample budget was obviously written by rich...
Johnny Privilege 15 Jul 2013 | 09:32 pm
click for comic A massive hunger strike is underway in California’s prison system. Inmates are protesting its Kafkaesque solitary confinement rules and other conditions that the Supreme Court and the...
NSFWCORP Comics 9 Jul 2013 | 09:03 pm
Starting with this month’s issue, you can find an exclusive comic of mine appearing in NSFWCORP. It’s an impressive comics spread, with features from Matt Bors, Ted Rall, Jen Sorensen, Ryan Pequin and...
Journalism Summer Camp 8 Jul 2013 | 09:42 pm
click for comic The media’s mostly treating Edward Snowden like he’s Lindsay Lohan, rather than focusing on the contents of his NSA leaks. There are obviously good journalists out there, and occasion...
How Did Bors Cross the Road? 8 Jul 2013 | 08:11 pm
ANSWER: Safely. Very Safely. We were in Salt Lake City for the AAEC convention, and they take crosswalks very seriously out there, with bins filled with orange flags for pedestrians to wave around li...
