Mike Peterson

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Cartoons critic, history buff, retired editor, reporter, business and education writer. Amateur dog walker.

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Multiple messages force voters to believe six impossible things before breakfast. Click here -- tinyurl.com/56chhk6u -- to join Jeff Stahler, Clay Bennett, Cathy Wilcox, Pat Hudson, Chip Bok, Dana Summers, Ed Wexler, Steve Breen, Jack Ohman, Daniel Boris & Gary Markstein

ICYMI on this morning's blog -- tinyurl.com/mrypay88 -- a bit of fun from Louis Prima and a silent but gorgeous Keely Smith. youtu.be/tP4wadabolA?...

CSotD: The Lion Always Gets His Share – The Daily Cartoonisttinyurl.com

We look at ice cream, ai and how the lion always gets his share. Click here -- tinyurl.com/mrypay88 -- to join Leigh Rubin, Wiley Miller, Gerry Rasmussen & Gary Delainey, Harry Bliss, Darrin Bell & Jeff Corriveau

Looking back at 2020, when some celebrated the clean up and some began the pressure to get Biden to step down. Click here -- tinyurl.com/2fmba7rm -- to join Morten Morland, Anupoju Apparo, Jorge Sanchez Armas, Monte Wolverton, Ed Hall, Dave Whamond, Ann Telnaes, Steve Kelley & Gary Varvel

Fireworks and gun-shy dogs are the least of our worries, Click - tinyurl.com/3axveaxd - & join Jeff Danziger, Clay Jones, Mike Thompson, E. A. Bushnell, Walter Blackman, Todd Clark, Mick and Mason Mastroianni, Maria Scrivan, Doane Powell, Mike Luckovich, Nelson Harding, John Fischetti, Bill Bramhall

Grading Biden on the Bellman's Curve. Click here -- tinyurl.com/yyvkrdna -- to join David Ostow, Lisa Benson, Gary Varvel, Dana Summers, Clay Jones, Peter Steiner, Heather Cox Richardson, Mike Luckovich, the NYTimes and our special guest, Lewis Carroll

What does the SCOTUS immunity decision mean? What is Project 2025? What is really on the November ballot? Click here -- tinyurl.com/54xdd2ds -- to join Mike Luckovich, Deb Milbrath, Pat Byrnes, David Rowe, Pia Guerra, Pedro X. Molina, Clay Bennett, Pat Bagley, Lisa Benson & Guy Body

It used to be hard to find a job. Now it's getting hard to lose one. That, elephants and gambling advice today! Click here -- tinyurl.com/4xxxuve5 -- to join Brevity, The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee, Betty, Zits, Flying McCoys, David Ostow & Bizarro

Just found out that my pal Jason, on the left here, died on Memorial Day. He went through PTSD, homelessness and addiction, then came back and produced a documentary about his brothers from the war. Watch it if you want to hear truth. Otherwise, really, don't click here: youtu.be/VqzaibN8m6M?...

Experts say Lincoln must drop out now! Experts say a lot of things about bribery and guns and social media and, especially, about expertise. Click here -- tinyurl.com/2txy3c9u -- to join Clay Jones, Mike Luckovich, Pat Bagley, Jeff Stahler and several political cartoonists from 1864.

Good commentary from Politico on the uniform calls from the usual suspects for Biden to drop out. "If editorial pages mattered greatly in shaping public opinion, Trump would have been long ago shooed off the national stage." www.politico.com/news/magazin...

The Media Establishment Lays on the Horn: Joe Must Gowww.politico.com Calls for President Biden to step aside after a poor debate give new life to old resentments.

After that punch in the face, what's your plan? Click here -- tinyurl.com/4z9b3s5n -- to join Nick Anderson, Clay Bennett, Walt Handelsman, Clay Jones, Mike Lester, Chris Britt, Mike Luckovich, Jack Ohman, Lalo Alcaraz, Jeff Danziger, M Wuerker, Scott Stantis, Lee Judge, Ann Telnaes & Garth German

A few laughs, while we digest the indigestible and wait for debate cartoons to surface. Click here -- tinyurl.com/4kvh4fww -- to join Frazz, Ben, Reply All, Daddy's Home, Jeff Stahler, Buckets and Joy of Tech

Cartoonists take debate! Click here -- tinyurl.com/2n6euucp -- to join Mike Smith, Lisa Benson, Tony Carillo, Scott Stantis, Bill Bramhall, Walt Handelman, John Deering, Matt Davies, Glen LeLievre, RJ Matson, Joel Pett, Drew Sheneman, Clay Bennett, Nick Anderson & Robert Leighton

Two things to avoid: Working for jerks and going into parking garages. And dog poop, so that's three. Click here -- tinyurl.com/488j9mww -- to join Zits, Non Sequitur, Pearls Before Swine, Bliss, Brewster Rockit, Arlo & Janis, Pooch Cafe and Dark Side of the Horse.

ICYMI at this mornings CSotD: Don't try to plan me or understand me I can't stand to be understood www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro5v...

Let Me Be (Remastered)www.youtube.com Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesLet Me Be (Remastered) · The TurtlesAll the Singles℗ 2016 FloEdCoReleased on: 2016-08-19Auto-generated by YouTube.

I was just telling folks at the dog park about my friend Brian Fies, his astonishing graphic memoir, "Mom's Cancer," and how today the notion of dealing with medical issues through comics has become a "thing." And here we are www.irishtimes.com/health/your-...

Where comic books meet healthcare: ‘We recognise that we need to communicate in different ways’www.irishtimes.com A conference in Athlone will highlight how comics can be a powerful way to explain and understand illness and cure

Launching campaigns of hate against migrants & preaching in our public schools. See our deadly folly! Click here -- tinyurl.com/3jrfy528 -- & join Peter Steiner, Joel Pett, John Auchter, Clay Jones, Steve Brodner, Pedro X. Molina, Bill Bramhall, Adam Zyglis, Pat Bagley, Clay Bennett & Jojo From Jerz

Preserving the public's right not to know, or to care, or to bother searching for a clue. Click here -- tinyurl.com/w65jzhb -- to join Bizarro, Amorim, John Darkow, Robert Reich, Rick McKee, Tank McNamara, David Horsey & Clay Jones.

No politics on the Sabbath. Though determining which day that is seems political. Never mind. Come have some laughs by clicking here -- tinyurl.com/24h6buyc -- to join MADAM & EVE, the Flying McCoys, Frazz, Adam@Home, BC, Mort Gerberg, Deflocked, Mannequin on the Moon & Jerry King

Tweed worried that people would see "them damned pictures." Are MAGA supporters even seeing today's damned pictures? Click here -- tinyurl.com/49zfz748 -- to join Steve Kelley, Lisa Benson, Rob Rogers, Chip Bok, Nick Anderson and Gary Varvel.

If you thought Taylor Swift was everywhere, come see how Davy Crockett once dominated comic strips, comic books, movies, department stores and even frankfurters. Grab your coonskin cap and Old Betsy and click here: tinyurl.com/mt6wfcxk

The children are watching. I'd rather they watched Willie Mays highlights than the intolerance unfolding in Louisiana's public schools. Click here -- tinyurl.com/3cc57526 -- to join Bill Bramhall, Jeff Danziger, Bill Hinds, Ann Telnaes, Thomas Nast (sigh) and Kevin Necessary.

Trust me: Banjos are the least of it. We look at all sorts of annoying things today. Click here -- tinyurl.com/3jn9ww3x -- to join Shannon Wheeler, Jimmy Johnson, Guy Body, First Dog on the Moon, Mike Baldwin, Adrian Raeside, Dave Coverly, Jef Mallette and Christopher Weyant

According to the Kinsey report Every average man you know Much prefers to play his favorite sport When the temperature is low But when the thermometer goes way up And the weather is sizzling hot Mister Adam for his madam is not ‘Cause it’s too too too too darn hot youtu.be/RhfepE2p470?...

Kiss me Kate - Too darn hotyoutu.be

Puzzling punditry: The endless search for, or avoidance of, truth. Click here -- tinyurl.com/y6348768 -- to join Dave Grandlund, Ben Jennings, Steven Camley, Mike Luckovich, Gary Varvel, Pat Bagley, Phil Hands', RJ Matson and Jack Ohman