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Gaz-A-Lago and Other Outrages
Two new films and a dozen cartoons: Trump's criminal plan for a new 'Riviera'. Don't worry, Bibi.
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Cartoons Tuesday!
Plus a post-Grammys tribute to Arcade Fire: Wake Up!
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Go, Canada...and Cartoons Monday!
Plus the big Grammy winner who got little coverage.
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The Rantings of a Mad Man--and a Grammy Favorite
Trump lunacy but a break for music.
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Trump Fires Away--Democracy in Peril
Cartoonists raise alarms. Plus: Marianne Faithfull and a Gram full of "Wild Horses."
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January 2025

Cartoons Friday, Plus: Allen Toussaint Leaves His Stamp
And complete FireAid concert with time stamps for each performer
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So Long Marianne Faithfull
Sister Morphine is gone, but remembered here with Bowie, Godard, and Cooder, and covering Dylan, Lennon and Cohen. Plus today's cartoons.
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Happy Birthday, Dr. Strangelove!
My longtime favorite movie debuted, a bit belatedly, 61 years ago today. Here is a salute (not by Musk). Plus: "Mo" better?
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Watch Out! There's a Horse in the Hospital Again!
John Mulaney's routine re: Trump's first term gains even more relevance for Trump 2.0. Plus: a new single from Neil Young and our usual cartoons.
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Cartoons, Chalamet & Covers
Is tomorrow such a long time?
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Cartoons Saturday!
Plus TV music special for the Avett Brothers and the great Jackie duPre
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Cartoons Thursday!
Greg Mitchell is the author of more than a dozen books including “The Tunnels” “Tricky Dick and the Pink Lady” and “The Campaign of the Century” and now…
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