“International Day of Peace (“Peace Day”) is observed around the world each year on 21 September. Established in 1981 by resolution 36/37, the United Nations General Assembly has declared this as a […]
Poem for the International Day of Peace
John Kaufman
Gov. Scott Walker bows out of presidential race
If it’s in the NY Times it must be true: Gov. Scott Walker is throwing in the towel. Perhaps now he’ll return to Wisconsin where his local popularity is plummeting.
Reflections on “postmodernism” upon the death of Professor Ihab Hassan
Though perhaps only of interest to students of American literature, the death this past week of former UW-Milwaukee English professor Ihab Hassan made news because he is credited for creating the term […]
Riverboat Sam: “Robot Love Not Worth It”
By Riverboat Sam, The Pacific’s technical specialist/digital skeptic In my quite distant prime, if a man wanted to buy a woman for a while or longer there were cultural institutions he could avail himself […]
An Anti-War Dog Speaks Out
(Photo in the public domain in the United States: Hulton Archive/Getty Images. “American actor Gloria Swanson (1899 – 1983) stands on tiptoes on the prow of a motorboat while Teddy the dog sits […]
Rumple Oxbridge: “A Controversial Poem”
(Photo copyright: Public Domain–U.S.) By Rumple Oxbridge, a man of few and controversial words, a few of which rhyme “Controversial” is a dodge that journalists use to avoid the having to choose a […]
Forget the “Center.” We Need Conviction & Truth
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, […]
Riverboat Sam: To “Blog” is to Vomit
By Riverboat Sam, The Pacific’s “technical specialist” I am not against the newfangled on principle; typewriting seemed to me a great improvement over my wayward handwriting and having the means I got one of […]
WI Republicans in Wonderland
(Drawing by John Tenniel [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons) “It’s the stupidest tea-party I ever was at in all my life!”— Alice in Wonderland By John Kaufman It’s been a busy week in […]
Cartoon: “Mountaintop Decapitation” by Khalil Bendib
(Khalil Bendib is OtherWords’ cartoonist. OtherWords.org ) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/
T.S. Swanky: “Motherhood and Monopoly” [Satire]
(Mother’s Day card, 1916 by Northern Pacific Railway (eBay item card front card back) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons) (Editor’s Note: Former imaginary conservative columnist T.S. Swanky, aka “the voice of reason,” […]
Let Them Eat Lobster
(Photo by schooner guest [Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons) By John Kaufman Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled Assembly is assembling two bills aimed at achieving less freedom for the unemployed and people on food stamps. Thus […]
The War On Hillary’s Ovaries
(Photo by U.S Government [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2010. Photo taken at the State Department, in Washington, D.C.) By John Kaufman Though famed for its politically […]
Earth Calls the Governor [Satire]
(Photo by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Image by Reto Stöckl [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons) By John Kaufman Earth (our home) called Gov. W. to chat about Earth Day. Though Earth […]
“An Eclogue” by Kenyon Cox
(“An Eclogue” by Kenyon Cox 1856-1919 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.)
Wisconsin: An Investor-Owned State
(Cartoon by Udo J. Keppler (a.k.a. Joseph Keppler, Jr.; 1872-1956), cartoonist [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. “Wall Street bubbles – Always the same.” American financier J. P. Morgan is depicted as a […]
“Dairyland” is Trending Obsolete [Satire]
[Photo by EPA, Public Domain] By Homer Coldfield (fictional farm & rural columnist *) I’ve been itching to get my turn at this digital soapbox to give you all a little perspective, […]
Rumple Oxbridge: “Ode to Jack, My Apolitical Dog”
(Photo by Jocelyn Augustino (This image is from the FEMA Photo Library.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons) By Rumple Oxbridge (The Pacific’s imaginary rhymer-in-residence) My dog is apolitical as dirt. Jack licks anyone whose […]
Riverboat Sam: “A Yankee in King Scott Walker’s Court”
[Photo by Underwood & Underwood (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons] By Riverboat Sam As the “technical specialist” of this electrical rag, I am not supposed to butt in with my own political […]
Cartoon: “Cruzing to Coverage” by Khalil Bendib
By Khalil Bendib via OtherWords.com (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/)
“Wisconsin is Open for Business” Lobbyists or Welcome to North Texas
(Photo by By Jonathan McIntosh [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons) By John Kaufman We in Wisconsin owe a great debt of gratitude to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency without which we […]
T.S. Swanky: In Defense of Religious Intolerance [Satire]
[Editor’s Note: Satire Warning!!! T.S. Swanky is an imaginary conservative columnist who, in the spirit of the First Amendment, is tolerated at The Pacific. Swanky’s opinions are, of course, all his own […]
