Notes From My Journal

Why Modern Political Cartoons Lost Their Humor

“Laughter is the closest distance between two people.” – Victor Borge

  Have You Noticed? Politically Correct Is Not Funny!  I’ve been bemoaning the fact that sometime since I stopped subscribing to The New Yorker about 10 years ago, their once great cartoons are no longer funny. Here’s an example: “See? She’s bound for the Oval Office. Or at least the Senate.”     Now… here is a sampling of what their old cartoons were like – i.e., actually funny!