Mike Peterson
@csotd.bsky.social
Cartoons critic, history buff, retired editor, reporter, business and education writer. Amateur dog walker.
I was the census reporter at my paper in 1990, and my editor was excited to find that one little town had gained a surge in diversity since 1980. I had genuine difficulty in explaining to her that they'd opened a prison in 1983. Don't blame reporters for the stories they're assigned to write.
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I was the census reporter at my paper in 1990, and my editor was excited to find that one little town had gained a surge in diversity since 1980. I had genuine difficulty in explaining to her that they'd opened a prison in 1983. Don't blame reporters for the stories they're assigned to write.
In case you forgot.
November 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
In case you forgot.
Having done a fair amount of research on the American Revolution, I can say that this discussion between David Frum and Ken Burns is the most enlightening, stimulating, educational thing I've even heard. Can't wait for the series to run!
chrt.fm/track/B6G873...
chrt.fm/track/B6G873...
November 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Having done a fair amount of research on the American Revolution, I can say that this discussion between David Frum and Ken Burns is the most enlightening, stimulating, educational thing I've even heard. Can't wait for the series to run!
chrt.fm/track/B6G873...
chrt.fm/track/B6G873...
The commissars remind grocers that, in a communist country, the central government sets prices and policies.
November 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The commissars remind grocers that, in a communist country, the central government sets prices and policies.
Turner Classic is running the Commitments tomorrow night. It's very funny if you've never run a pub band. It will trigger your PTSD if you ever have. Either way, don't miss it.
October 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Turner Classic is running the Commitments tomorrow night. It's very funny if you've never run a pub band. It will trigger your PTSD if you ever have. Either way, don't miss it.
It's cool that these poor chimps will be in a nice place, but I can't help imagining two dozen chimps exposed to the radiation at White Sands, and what a single radioactive spider did for Peter Parker. I think we've got the makings for a Planet of the Apes Prequel.
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September 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It's cool that these poor chimps will be in a nice place, but I can't help imagining two dozen chimps exposed to the radiation at White Sands, and what a single radioactive spider did for Peter Parker. I think we've got the makings for a Planet of the Apes Prequel.
ladailypost.com/worlds-large...
ladailypost.com/worlds-large...
I have a lot of regrets about my marriage, but this Arthur Rackham illustration hung as a poster in our kitchen. I never underestimated my wife's efforts for us and for our kids. She did more than just struggle to make it all work.
August 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I have a lot of regrets about my marriage, but this Arthur Rackham illustration hung as a poster in our kitchen. I never underestimated my wife's efforts for us and for our kids. She did more than just struggle to make it all work.
It's Wednesday and we should laugh, about sex and dogs and dentists, along with Arlo & Janis, Bliss, Christopher Downes, Dark Side of the Horse, In the Bleachers & Pearls before Swine
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www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
August 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
It's Wednesday and we should laugh, about sex and dogs and dentists, along with Arlo & Janis, Bliss, Christopher Downes, Dark Side of the Horse, In the Bleachers & Pearls before Swine
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
More journalists have reportedly been killed in Gaza than died in the Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Ukraine combined. It's no accident.
August 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
More journalists have reportedly been killed in Gaza than died in the Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Ukraine combined. It's no accident.
ICYMI, today's CSotD was able to lay out the facts in a nation that is no longer the one you learned about in school. Insights courtesy of some great cartoonists who refuse to shut up and knuckle under. Come have a look:
tinyurl.com/5n6exvk6
tinyurl.com/5n6exvk6
July 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
ICYMI, today's CSotD was able to lay out the facts in a nation that is no longer the one you learned about in school. Insights courtesy of some great cartoonists who refuse to shut up and knuckle under. Come have a look:
tinyurl.com/5n6exvk6
tinyurl.com/5n6exvk6
They can't call it "60 Minutes" anymore because it's too expensive to edit interviews for time. The program will now be known as "As Long As It Takes" or "Redstone Theater."
July 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
They can't call it "60 Minutes" anymore because it's too expensive to edit interviews for time. The program will now be known as "As Long As It Takes" or "Redstone Theater."
What this country needs now is people who can score well on this quiz-meme.
July 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
What this country needs now is people who can score well on this quiz-meme.
I don't mind repeating myself if I can add a source to back up the sarcasm:
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www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/p...
June 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I don't mind repeating myself if I can add a source to back up the sarcasm:
www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/p...
Happy Bloomsday. Celebrate with Plumtrees Potted Meat. What is home without it? Incomplete. With it, an abode of bliss!
June 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Happy Bloomsday. Celebrate with Plumtrees Potted Meat. What is home without it? Incomplete. With it, an abode of bliss!
"The next time we meet we may not be quite so sociable."
June 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"The next time we meet we may not be quite so sociable."
Escaped slave John Jones buried 2,973 Confederate POWs who died in the prison camp at Elmira, each with a paper slip that gave his name and unit number so he might not be lost. Following the war, only a very few families asked to have their loved ones returned to the South. Memorial Day honors all.
May 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Escaped slave John Jones buried 2,973 Confederate POWs who died in the prison camp at Elmira, each with a paper slip that gave his name and unit number so he might not be lost. Following the war, only a very few families asked to have their loved ones returned to the South. Memorial Day honors all.
We explore the new White House motto: "Enter through the gift shop!" Come join Christopher Weyant, Dave Whamond, Gary Markstein, Jack Ohman and Marshall Ramsey www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
May 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We explore the new White House motto: "Enter through the gift shop!" Come join Christopher Weyant, Dave Whamond, Gary Markstein, Jack Ohman and Marshall Ramsey www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
Deja vu all over again. We should spend a few billion on this after we finish restoring Alcatraz. (Doonesbury, 1985)
May 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Deja vu all over again. We should spend a few billion on this after we finish restoring Alcatraz. (Doonesbury, 1985)
Stepping away from my official presence at CSotD for a personal salute to my prize-winning pal. Come have a look.
tinyurl.com/yzn2d74a
tinyurl.com/yzn2d74a
May 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Stepping away from my official presence at CSotD for a personal salute to my prize-winning pal. Come have a look.
tinyurl.com/yzn2d74a
tinyurl.com/yzn2d74a
