I recommend another very funny, topical, and conservative strip, "Prickly City" by Scott Stantis. Very funny.

http://www.ucomics.com/pricklycity/

It's not a humor blog, but THE ONION is staffed largely with alumni from the infamous UW-Madison daily, THE DAILY CARDINAL. They're definitely left of center. Any public official is fair game (Clinton surely received his share of ribbing) but Bush's shenanigans have given ONION headline writers the best grist of all.

BUSH DEREGULATES DAUGHTER: JENNA BUSH'S PRIVATE WETLANDS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC DRILLING

SCRAPPLEFACE, indeed any satirical news website, owes a huge debt to THE ONION, which is better than any of them because of its non-partisan guise.

Muir is good. His punchlines are delivered beautifully. When it comes to hasty cut-n-paste yuks, however, my money is on Davis Rees. His recycled artwork is amusingly absurd, whereas Muir's rotation of cut-outs induce '70s sitcom deja vu. DAY BY DAY feels like the set of BARNEY MILLER.

Oh, please. Conservatives may have cornered the..er, whatever it is they think they've cornered, but you would have to be completely dishonest to deny that the best online topical humor is created by angry liberals:

The Poorman:
http://www.thepoorman.net/2005/07/06/lileks-james-screechblog/

Low Culture
http://lowculture.com/

Wonkette
http://www.wonkette.com/

Dan Savage
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Author?oid=259

Tom the Dancing Bug (Ruben Bolling)
http://www.ucomics.com/tomthedancingbugblog/

However, in the interest of balance allow me to suggest:

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/011183.php

http://www.michellemalkin.com/

Of course, unintentional humor doesn't really count.

"Those who disagree with me are disonest/crazy/have no sense of humor!". The last refuge of the defenders of the indefensible.

The Poorman: Mildly droll, on occasion, but once you've read one post, you've read them all.

Low Culture: Tries REAL hard, I'll give him that. I'll give him about a 3 out of 10.

Wonkette: Gotta hand it to a woman who can make such a big splash out of so little talent.

Dan Savage: The "Furious Queer" stuff gets old, and his political stuff is his weakest stuff, but he's actually quite talented. When I run across something he's written, I read it.

Tom the Dancing Bug: The kind of poeple who think Ira Glass is bleeding-edge cultural commentary think Tom the Dancing Bug is a grrrreat cartoon. I amuse myself by predicting what his next installment is going to be, and I'm right about 90% of the time, thought for thought if not word for word. The most over-rewarded cartoonist in America today.

And none of these, with the possible exception of Savage when he's steering clear of politics AND showing some sort of human side, in any way refutes Hugh's premise.

So - out of five, you got (between Low and Savage) about a 1.2. Not bad, but hardly a ringing defense of the lefty sense of humor.

By the way, Scott Johnson is one of the most wickedly funny guys I've ever known, although it's not the lead element in his blog persona. And for unintentional humor I read Oliver Willis. It was a while before I realized he was taking himself seriously.

VERY seriously.

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