Draggin’

I attempted to swerve away from the raccoon sitting in the middle of Macon Road in the Cordova area of Memphis, just several hundred yards down the street from my high school alma mater. But the little guy — I’m assuming it was a male — maneuvered in my direction just as I attempted to avoid him.

I’ve dodged would-be road kill countless times before. On this occasion, however, I wasn’t so lucky. The same thing occurred about 10 years ago, except that it was a squirrel on Altruria Road (near U.S. 70) in Bartlett. In any case, seeing the defenseless animal in my rearview mirror go into convulsive shock from getting run over was pretty much the perfect end to an otherwise f’d up week.

Yes, I know that Sunday is, in fact, the first day of the week. Just go with it.

I’ve been almost continuously fatigued lately. Perhaps you can relate. I awake with a headache often (possibly job related). My back also hurts more and more (absolutely job related) while my overall impetus is hindered by a peculiar inability to focus and power my way through. And this blog has fallen off a bit over the past month or two as a direct consequence.

I need to get my shiznit together. Fo’ shizzle indeed. So, for those interested, I’m taking a brief sabbatical. And with that, two conclusions: 1) there is no Sunday’s Quote today, and 2) I’m retiring the Editorial Sketch of the Week feature, as it seems that I’m possibly breaking the law for not paying these professionals for their work, though I have never failed to credit the author.

I intend to return in the near future stronger than ever. See y’all soon.

Editorial Sketch of the Week: Stating the obvious

Editorials about the Secret Service scandal were in abundance, so I took things in another direction.

© Gary McCoy

“If I don’t have this [economic solution] done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition”
~ Barack Obama; February 2, 2009

Editorial Sketch of the Week: Deflection

© Two-time Pulitzer Prize recipient Michael Ramirez, Investors’ Business Daily

Editorial Sketch of the Week: A proper one-liner escapes me

As if grabbing is ankles for the King of Saudi Arabia and the Emperor of Japan wasn’t bad enough. . .

© Scott Stantis, The Chicago Tribune

Editorial Sketch of the Week: Money talks

© David Fitzsimmons, Arizona Daily Star

Editorial Sketch of the Week: Strange weather (not that I’m complaining)

© Rick McKee, The Augusta (GA) Chronicle

Editorial Sketch(es) of the Week: Duplicity at home and abroad



© Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune

© Nate Beeler, Washington Examiner

Editorial Sketch of the Week: The downside of prophecy

© Drew Sheneman, The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ)

Editorial Sketch(es) of the Week: Self-explanatory

I couldn’t pick just one. They stand on their own merit. . .

© Dick Locher, Chicago Tribune



© Michael Ramirez, Investors’ Business Daily

© Olle Johansson

© Rick McKee, The Augusta (GA) Chronicle

© Walt Handelsman, Newsday

Editorial Sketch of the Week: The blame game

© Jerry Holbert, Boston Herald

Editorial Sketch of the Week: They can never resist

When Charles Krauthammer referenced the left’s “social engineering hubris,” this is a prime example of what he was talking about.

© Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant

Postscript: Mr. Englehart landed in a bit of hot water recently for examining an unmentionable truth. Click here and judge for yourself.

Editorial Sketch of the Week: Waiting. . .

© Jeff Stahler, formerly of The Columbus (OH) Dispatch

And remember kids. . .

Original source unknown

Editorial Sketch of the Week: What bias?

© Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez, Investors’ Business Daily

Editorial Sketch of the Week: As Congress returns. . .

© R.J. Matson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial Sketch of the Week: An indictment of the media-at-large

A closer look reveals that this is not a knock on Romney. . .

© John Cole, The Times-Tribune (Scranton, PA)

Editorial Sketch(es) of the Week: Football & Obama

It was difficult to pick just one:

© Drew Litton

© Eric Allie

Editorial Sketch of the Week: If the Nation could sit on Santa’s lap. . .

© Jerry Holbert, Boston Herald

Editorial Sketch of the Week: “Progressives,” then and now

© Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant

Editorial Sketch of the Week: The Fairness Doctrine, ver. 2.0

Here’s the bottom line when Obama talks about “fairness” – something he will do at length (ad nauseam) over the next 10-11 months.

© Eric Allie

Editorial Sketch of the Week: They deserve no better

A couple of weeks ago, students at the University of California, Davis (15 miles west of Sacramento) participated in the Occupy madness in a way that eventually forced the local authorities to throttle the demonstrators with a generous helping of pepper spray. Soon after, the officer who led the charge – perhaps the result of his nonchalant assertiveness – became an unwitting caricature for an array of pop culture references. Here’s one of the most appropriate examples.

© Drew Sheneman, The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ)