Politically Minded Pillows

Nursery Rhymes for the 21st Century

Our Gang Initiation

'I see they've found a chap to clean up the track - so why not the country's streets, roads and lanes?'

Autocensure

'Racial Vilification Cake Mix: Add ignorance and stir..'

'You realize, we can't use the 'benign neglect' method for everything.'

Plan to Split California into Six States Proposed....

The Lessons of VietnamThe Lessons of Iran and ContraThe Lessons of Iraq.

Detention Center

Thin Tank and Emote Tank.

Bearded Leftie.

Scars and Bars

The Child and the Tank

"It's something new I've been trying. Social scientists call it 'Productive Disagreement.'"

"I'm both too liberal to be preppy and too conservative to be trendy."

'Globalsiation risky? How d'you mean?'

"Hi, Mom - We learned in school today that ethics and morality are stupid and old-fashioned."

"Those are insightful and legitimate questions about our country, Tommy, and if times were different, your mom and I probably wouldn't have to report you to the government for asking them!"

'Social and political revolution? Check out our 'Do It Yourself' section.'

Conservative Leadership Renounces Protectionism

"Is this as good a bad time as any other bad time you've experienced?"

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

Conflict In Palestine

"I welcome the discussion."

"It's great the way that computer algorithms allow the internet to feed me with opinions that reinforce the ones I've already got - all on my phone!"

George Orwell

Trump Tower

"In financial news, stocks were down, bonds were up. In world news, democracies were down, dictatorships were up."

'It's a rare sighting of a red squirrel.'

"And he paraphrased New York Judge Gerard Lynch when he said our country has an overinflated system of incarceration that is far too punitive, disproportionate in its impact on the poor, exceedingly costly and largely impotent in reducing crime. Anyway, that's what I learned in school today."

'Do you want to be red Tory or blue Labour?'