Deciding what is an emergency and what is not is no simple matter these days. Tradition says beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Now, it appears, so are existential dread and the diversion of Federal resources for use in electoral campaigning.
New Hampshire Republicans want to kill a black man of limited mental capacity, to emphasize the point that it’s wrong to kill people. Democrats want to kill the death penalty, instead. We suspect Susan the Bruce is right—if the Republicans get their way, they’ll be endangering something else which both parties hold dear.
Our Starving Artiste Mike Dater has provided yet another piquant suite of cartoons. The three-panel job includes a little-bitty Easter egg—who’ll be first to spot it?
More than six years after it began, the Saga of Sanders Poynt—the Seacoast’s own Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce—is at last over. This time the good guy—and the public—won.
Robinson helicopters continue to fatally fall from the skies.
This fortnight’s Mash Notes, Hate Mail, & Other Correspondence department is fairly feisty, and page eight … well, see for yourself.