Berge's Cartoon Blog

The House is expected to vote this week on the Equality Act sponsored by Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI), amending the 1964 Civil Rights Act to ...

Detail from cartoon in Manitou Messenger,  St. Olaf College, Northfield MN, Oct. 23, 1980 This week's syndicated cartoon was a parody of...

Oh, poor Susan Collins, Republican Senator from Maine. She always has such deep concerns for so much of the rank partisanship in the Senat...

 “My favorite meat is hot dog, by the way. That is my favorite meat” —Mitt Romney

Since I've already posted about 1916 this week, for today's installment of Swerveback Saturday, I rummage through the dusty crate of...

Part 3: The Republicans Don't In today's Walkback Wednesday feature, we look at the Republican party's role in doing everyt...

Last weekend, Ohio Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) publicly reversed his position on the "Defense of Marriage Act" (DOMA), a bill ...

The Log Cabin Republicans endorsed Mitt Romney for President this month after a brief meeting with the candidate. I guess his staunch ...

"Syria is Iran's only ally in the Arab world. It's their route to the sea." -- Mitt Romney, in his third debate with Pres...

It was somewhat annoying that my cartoon schedule last week caused me to miss the biggest story leading up to the Republican Party conv...

Oh, looky! There's some beefcake on the way! Meanwhile, I see that Bill Sanders 's pen has gotten busy this month. (I've lin...

Now that Mitt Romney has settled on Wisconsin First District Congressman Paul Ryan for his running mate, you'd think that a political ca...

First, a little background on this cartoon. Back in 2006, former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson had this to say abou...

You might have missed the resignation of Mitt Romney foreign policy spokesman Ric Grenell last week. Grenell, who had served at the U.N....

A lot has been uncovered recently about the race-baiting and divisive tactics of the anti-marriage equality National Organization for Ma...

Luke Russert interviewed former President William Jefferson Clinton on the Daily Rundown this morning, and I was struck by this exchange abo...

This week's peek is somewhat sneakier than usual. Meanwhile, Wisconsin's spring election is tomorrow (the first of three -- the ...

I sat through 20 minutes or so of a live telephone "town hall" call with Mitt Romney on the other end last night. Wisconsin's ...

Do they teach John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) in the schools any more? Has he ever made it into the Oprah Book Club? Politi...

This week's cartoon would have had more oomph if Rick Santorum hadn't managed to fritter away his lead in the Michigan polls with...