Frederick Douglass was born in February 1818, and although we don’t know the exact day, he chose the 14th for himself, so happy 200th! Among a lifetime of struggles and accomplishments the likes of which I, and most people today,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for February, 2018
An interesting byproduct of Two Party Opera has been showcasing just how much Donald Trump is presidential.
Happy Birthday to Abraham Lincoln! The “A for Assassination” folder was real and contained some 80 different death threats that he collected against himself once the staff stopped outright burning them. These, of course, don’t include the barrage of normal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mid-19th Century Remedies
Every Wednesday this month, there will be a comic in honor of Black History Month. To add a Two Party Opera twist, they will all involve some connection to the Presidency. Shirley Chisholm was a woman far ahead of her[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Anybody but Pierce
Buck fifty
Groundhog Day or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Release the Memo
Kennedys
Joe Kennedy III gave the Democratic response to the State of the Union the other night, and out of it came when I saw as the first real messaging from the Democrats going into the 2018 midterm season. “We choose[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…