In the District of Columbia (and two states), drivers over the age of 75 have to take a new road test to show that they are still competent to drive. Meanwhile President Joe Biden, resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, claims that he will be perfectly OK to run the United States military until he is age 86, no test required.
If we had a wide variety of parties and candidates to choose from, it would be credible to say that we the people have the democracy that we deserve. But we don’t.
Ted Rall gets it. Gail Collins doesn't.
Third parties. So tempting. So disaster-inducing.
— Gail Collins (@gailcollins) May 4, 2023
The lure is obvious. Donald Trump’s terrible and Joe Biden’s boring. Much more satisfying to go to the polls and announce you’re too far above the status quo to vote for either.https://t.co/MjVvCqSE7J
Too far below, she means.
Cathy Wilcox, cartooning from Australia where the love of pommy bastards is oftentimes muted, offers this guide to the Royal Stuff, which seems to prove the persistence of memory down there, since my search for oatcake references drew articles about the Duchess of Cornwall from three years ago.
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