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Paul Ryan, Überwonk
April 17, 2017
Or, put it this way: Paul Ryan went out onto the tightrope. The crowd, so long adoring their golden child, cheered. But a jester got the best of Ryan.

Dilbert’s Revenge
The gospel of Scott Adams is one of mediocrity untroubled by humility, which means that now is the perfect time for him to make a comeback; the dangling toes of the zeitgeist are once again within his grasp. We’ve heard more about him lately than we have since CD-ROMs. Adams ...

Daily Bafflements
April 14, 2017
In case you thought our august republic was the only thing currently being ruined by Neo-Nazis, there’s also . . . this furry convention.

Art Work
April 12, 2017
The avant-garde attempt to unite art and life through productive labor has been too successful for our own good.

The Baleful and the Brightest
April 10, 2017
If you want to know what the good Lord thinks of your earthly strivings, you’ll find it in this note to Isaiah 39, in the Geneva Bible: “How greatly God detesteth ambition and vaine glory.” Pretty straightforward. What was a vice for Romans became a sin for Christians. ...