Reader Randolph Addison sends along this Guardian story trumpeting a World Wildlife Fund study that predicts the depletion of earth’s natural resources by 2050. Not surprisingly, the Guardian reports this agitprop as though it were based on unassailable science and sober analysis: ‘Earth will expire by 2050’ Our planet is running out of room and resources. Modern man has plundered so much, a damning report claims this week, that outer

So I thought this Dan Perkins strip could do with a bit of a makeover. Not the drawings so much. To be honest, I kinda like the drawings. But the commentary needed a little bit of tweaking, that’s for sure… [link found via Walter in Denver, who writes of TT’s original strip: “I can’t decide if he’s really worried about the state of the country or if he just hates

Den Beste’s right: “No matter how many instances of the American flag they burn, or shoot holes in, or trample under foot, or tear to shreds, the American Flag will continue to exist. They can’t destroy the class ‘American Flag’ by destroying instances of it. Nor can they destroy the United States by burning flags. “It’s a symbolic act of anger and contempt and resentment. It’s a political statement.” To