Category Archives: Media
Jimmy Kimmel on The Man Show
From 1999 to 2003 Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla had a gig called The Man Show. Each episode closed with a segment called Girls Jumping on Trampolines as the credits scrolled past girls in various states of dress doing just that.
My Charlie Kirk Obit Cartoon
My agenda as a cartoonist is basically free speech. That made Charlie Kirk my kind of guy. He took on leftwing cancel culture by engaging college students where they were. His method was simple and brilliant, he promoted free speech using the Socratic method on college campuses. He would answer any question and then the student questioner had to respond. And so it went,
By the age of 31 Kirk’s organization, Turning Point USA, had 900 college and 1,200 high school chapters.
Sadly, Charlie Kirk became a free speech martyr when he was shot dead while taking the first question last week during a Utah Valley University engagement themed “Prove Me Wrong.”
Already since that dark day, Andrew Kolvet, the Charley Kirk Show producer says he has received 37,000 inquires seeking new chapters. Sounds to me like a possible turning point for the USA’s rotten politics.
Unfortunately some of the rotten politicians didn’t see it that way. U.S. Rep. Nick LaLota (R-Amityville) demanded an apology from Newsday and my termination (first they’d have to hire me.) Jesse Garcia, chairman of the Suffolk County Republican Party, criticized Newsday. He said the paper “crossed a line” and that the cartoon mocked tragedy, caused division, and encouraged political violence. He called it a “reckless, partisan attack” and said it silenced free speech.
Here’s my apology: I’m sorry Charlie Kirk isn’t around to give these guys a free speech lesson.
Dogged Extermination
South Dakota governor Kristi Noem’s new book is about to hit the stands. In the book she details the saga of Cricket the dog. Cricket misbehaved and was a danger to children. So Kristi shot Cricket. This didn’t sit well with many in the media and politics.
Here’s Governor Noem on Face the Nation, “Joe Biden’s dog has attacked 24 Secret Service people. So how many people is enough people to be attacked and dangerously hurt before you make a decision on a dog?” Arf.
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, NPR SHOULD GET OFF THE DOLE
From the WSJ April 25, 2024 – In an essay earlier this month on the news site the Free Press, NPR editor Uri Berliner said the public radio network had lost its way by letting liberal bias skew its coverage. NPR erred on big stories including the origins of Covid-19, Hunter Biden’s laptop and the Israel-Hamas conflict, he wrote. Berliner was suspended last week and subsequently resigned.
I used to listen to NPR. I really liked Car Talk, All Things Considered and Terry Gross on Fresh Air. But over the years it’s become a little too smug. Or maybe I used to be a lot more smug and didn’t notice.
Anyway, nobody’s forcing me to listen to NPR so I have no problem with it, except that I am forced to pay for it. NPR is partially funded by the government but it’s hard to see why, all things considered.
