The Big Burnout

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter             After Donald Trump was elected—and even before then (during the non-stop drama of his reality-TV campaign and election)—I was an avid consumer of political news. On cable TV, I followed Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes, Anderson Cooper, Bill Maher, Joe Scarborough with Mika Brzezinski, and even, for as long …
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Brooding Parasite

Artwork by Michael DiMilo The brown-headed cowbird has a notorious reputation as a brood parasite, a bird that relies on other species to raise its own young. A cowbird will find a host nest, destroy or evict one of the original resident’s eggs, and replace it with one of her own. The host bird will …
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Our Pre-existing Condition

Artwork by Michael DiMilo                   The release of the long-anticipated Mueller Report this past weekend was anticlimactic to say the least: a disappointment for some and a vindication for others. The report contained no smoking guns or bombshells, but also no acquittals—a fact that seemed to be lost upon our esteemed leader. In yet another presidential …
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