Not only was one cartoonist gunned down, but riots erupted around the world, resulting in the deaths of scores. No one could say toward what positive social end, yet free-speech absolutists were unchastened.

Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you're supposed to be able to hit the mark day after day.

Where there's smoke, there's bound to be mirrors.

Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.

The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.

America: the only country in the world where failing to promote yourself is regarded as being arrogant.

There is nothing worse than annotated humour.