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Republican presidential candidate Tommy Thompson apologized yesterday, telling reporters that the reason he mistakenly expressed support for the right of an employer to fire a gay worker at a May 3 GOP debate was because he couldn't hear, didn't feel good and...

Congratulations to Walt Handelsman on winning his second Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning, this one for Newsday. Granted, whatever hardware they give you still won't hold a candle to this impressive little baby I bagged back in '73...

Walt Handelsman's latest animation.

For more, go to Pearlswine.

Walt Handelsman's latest animation.

For more, visit Pearlswine.

Walt Handelsman's latest animation.

For more, visit Pearlswine.

It only works if you drink the Kool-Aid at the same time.

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The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the White House Correspondents Association has announced a "decidedly safer headliner for this year's April 21 bash: impressionist Rich Little, mimic of dozens of celebrities -- most of whom are dead." The Las Vegas Review-Journal

Walt Handelsman's latest animation.

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Watch Walt Handelsman's latest animation and remember to vote Fleeber.

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Las Vegas gaming tycoon Steve Wynn recently poked a hole in "Le Reve", a 1932 painting by Pablo Picasso that the 64-year-old billionaire had just sold for 139 million dollars. Wynn's reaction upon discovering...

Walt Handelsman's latest animation.

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In Minnesota today, Vandale Amos Willis, 28, told a judge he was "sorry" and that he took "full responsibility for everything I did in Duluth", adding only that he hoped...

Walt Handelsman's latest animation.

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According to a CNN poll released yesterday, 76% of Americans describe themselves as "angry" about the way things are going in the country, while 54% of those polled said things in the U.S. are going either "pretty badly" or "very badly".

In...

Walt Handelsman's latest animation.

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Earlier today, I heard Wolf Blitzer tell CNN viewers that Secy. of State Condoleezza Rice might be heading for her "breakout moment" if she's able to engineer a cease-fire and a sustainable resolution to the Mideast crisis...

How's this for a powerful symbol of where we are right now? Troops served up on the back of a truck while the president skeedaddles off to his ranch. Enjoy your August vacation, sir.

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Pres. Bush went to NAM yesterday, finally fulfilling his military obligations with the Texas Air National Guard.

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A couple of weeks back, I pointed out how the New York Times has continually referred to trips by administration officials to Mideast hotspots as "surprise visits", a description that I said has the "whiff of spin or p.r. to it" because it seems...