Old white people (myself included) are not the ones who determine if a young person of color should or should not be personally offended by something. Why don’t we try asking?
Tag Archives: politics
From the Archives: Hu’s on First
This was originally posted back before Xi took office as the leader of China. Re-posting to welcome the leader for his visit to the USA.
Trump l’œil
Trompe-l’œil (French for “deceive the eye”, is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions.
Donald Targaryan
Words of the Day
Pyrrhic victory
noun
1. a victory or goal achieved at too great a cost.
Word Origin and History for Pyrrhic victory
1880-85; < Greek Pyrrikós; after a remark attributed by Plutarch to Pyrrhus, who declared, after a costly victory over the Romans, that another similar victory would ruin him
kakistocracy
[kak-uh-stok-ruh-see]
noun, plural kakistocracies.
1. government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power.
Word Origin and History for kakistocracy
1829, “government by the worst element of a society,” coined on analogy of its opposite,aristocracy, from Greek kakistos “worst,” superlative of kakos “bad” (which perhaps is related to the general IE word for “defecate;”see caco- ) + -cracy.
This is (a sketch of) the cartoon I thought I was going to run. Imagining a very short”honeymoon” period for Hillary Clinton’s presidency. If only I knew it would last about 30 minutes after the first polls closed.
If I Ran the Country
With apologies to many, mostly Dr. Seuss and Steve Martin.
References:
CNN: 10 groups Donald Trump offended since launching his campaign
Washington Post: 20 times Donald Trump has changed his mind since June
Steve Martin: What I Believe (video)
james-wilkins.com 