Category Archives: Arts: Satire

Disney & The Mouse Fool the Guvnor: DeSantis’s “Control Board” Has Lost Control

A Bulletin from the land where “woke” goes to, um, awaken again . . . ? DeSantis’ board says Disney stripped them of power Published Thu, Mar 30 2023 Board members picked by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee the governance of Walt Disney World said Wednesday that their Disney-controlled predecessors pulled a fast one … Continue reading Disney & The Mouse Fool the Guvnor: DeSantis’s “Control Board” Has Lost Control →

An Urgent talk With A Great Prophet . . .

Excuse me, sir, do you think there will be a conviction soon?? But what do you think are the odds?? Do you have any key observations on all these cases?? So, do you have a theory about these ninety-plus charges?? Another question: what should the folks in charge do now?? Are you looking ahead to … Continue reading An Urgent talk With A Great Prophet . . . →

Garrison Keillor: in Search of Lutheran Diversity

Garrison Keillor: I talked to a friend last week whose Lutheran church in Minneapolis is trying to attract people of color. Lutherans have been white for centuries, coming as they did from Scandinavia and Germany, countries that were never great colonial powers and didn’t grab big chunks of Africa and Lutheranize the indigenous people. Some … Continue reading Garrison Keillor: in Search of Lutheran Diversity →

Cartoons for an “Unfunny” Time

It doesn’t seem there’s any way around it: so far, 2023 is a Big Bust as far as editorial cartoons go. We now have proof of that, at least in the form that counts for the educated classes, a statement by an elite college professor,

Garrison Keillor, 1999: God & Bill Gates on the Far Side

[NOTE: On Garrison Keillor’s Substack, there’s a feature called the Back Room, on which he posts odds and ends from his decades of work. Yesterday the following popped up.] From TIME Magazine ESSAY — June 14, 1999 Faith at the Speed of Light BY GARRISON KEILLOR “Just In terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not … Continue reading Garrison Keillor, 1999: God & Bill Gates on the Far Side →