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Promotional flags for the musical Hamilton | Adam Calaitzis | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Not Throwing Away My Shot

Charles Oliver | 10.16.2024 4:00 AM

Officers in the Netherlands National Police Corps (Politie), wearing neon vests that read "Politie" | Robert Van T Hoenderdaal | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: On Religious Grounds

Charles Oliver | 10.15.2024 4:00 AM

A rack of reusable grocery bags that say "GROW GREENER EVERY DAY," in a supermarket checkout line. | Rtdeleon04 | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: In the Bag

Charles Oliver | 10.14.2024 4:00 AM

A family with father, mother, and two children sit on the floor reading a book together. | Monkey Business Images | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Be Fruitful and Multiply. Or Else.

Charles Oliver | 10.11.2024 4:00 AM

A farm fence with a red and white sign reading PRIVATE! KEEP OUT | Michele Jackson | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Behind Closed Doors

Charles Oliver | 10.10.2024 4:00 AM

An empty bar, after hours, with lights off and chairs stacked upside down on tables. | Aliaksandr Karankevich | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Closing Time

Charles Oliver | 10.9.2024 4:00 AM

Three chickens, in a row | Sonsedskaya | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Nobody Here but Us Chickens

Charles Oliver | 10.8.2024 4:00 AM

A row of propane cylinders, of various shapes and sizes. | Karel Bock | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Cooking With Gas

Charles Oliver | 10.7.2024 4:00 AM

A sign at a grocery store that says "Now Accepting Food Stamps," with EBT and SNAP logos. | Jonathan Weiss | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Mother-Daughter Activities

Charles Oliver | 10.4.2024 4:00 AM

The side of a police cruiser for a county sheriff in Indiana. | Jonathan Weiss | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: New Sheriff in Town

Charles Oliver | 10.3.2024 4:00 AM

A USPS postal carrier collects mail from a mailbox on the sidewalk. | Georgesheldon | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Sticky Fingers

Charles Oliver | 10.2.2024 4:00 AM

A can of Dr. Pepper with liquid spilling out around it | Tamara Fesenko | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: I'm a Pepper

Charles Oliver | 10.1.2024 4:00 AM

Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. | Nicole Gray | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: The Most Magical Place on Earth

Charles Oliver | 9.30.2024 4:00 AM

Close-up of the flag of Pakistan, white and green with a star and crescent moon. | Tatiana Golmer | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Bad Words

Charles Oliver | 9.27.2024 4:00 AM

San Francisco cable cars | Kropic | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Bay Area Payoffs

Charles Oliver | 9.26.2024 4:00 AM

A Black Lives Matter protest in Montreal, Quebec, in May 2020. | derek robbins | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: A Learning Experience

Charles Oliver | 9.25.2024 4:00 AM

Brickbat: This Ban's for You

Charles Oliver | 9.24.2024 4:00 AM

bb2 | Illustration: Peter Bagge

Brickbats: October 2024

News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.

Charles Oliver and Peter Bagge | 9.23.2024 6:00 AM

Brazilian firefighters gathered together to search for a missing person. | Joa Souza | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Licensed To Look

Charles Oliver | 9.23.2024 4:00 AM

Front door with an American flag | ID 108607198 © | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Whose House?

Charles Oliver | 9.20.2024 4:00 AM

A group sits watch a public presentation | Kasto80 | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Show Me

Charles Oliver | 9.19.2024 4:00 AM

Tables and tablecloths set up in a parking lot, surrounded by food trucks. | Radiokafka | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Open Carryout

Charles Oliver | 9.18.2024 4:00 AM

Young man in a straw hat drives a tractor as his father watches. | Pojoslaw | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Down on the Farm

Charles Oliver | 9.17.2024 4:00 AM

A sheet of fingerprints | Pavel Losevsky | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: It's All There in Black and White

Charles Oliver | 9.16.2024 4:00 AM

Close-up of a bed bug | Deming9120 | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Sleep Tight

Charles Oliver | 9.13.2024 4:00 AM

A monthly calendar with figurines of professionals across four dates. | Vetre Antanaviciute-meskauskiene | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Four Days a Week

Charles Oliver | 9.12.2024 4:00 AM

Tricycle in the desert at Burning Man | Trungdbnguyen | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: License To Drive

Charles Oliver | 9.11.2024 4:00 AM

Two kids playing with bubbles | Katarzyna Bialasiewicz | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Bubble Ban

Charles Oliver | 9.10.2024 4:00 AM

"TOBACCO FREE ZONE" sign against a brick wall. | Georgesheldon | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Up in Smoke

Charles Oliver | 9.9.2024 4:00 AM

NEXT clothing storefront on Oxford Street in London. | Yujie Chen | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Equal Pay for Unequal Work

Charles Oliver | 9.6.2024 4:00 AM

A young couple feeds ice cream to their infant. | Andrej Mitin | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: I Scream, You Scream

Charles Oliver | 9.5.2024 4:00 AM

A row of cells inside the Ottawa Jail Hostel, a restored jail that now functions like a hotel. | Byungsuk Ko | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Room at the Inn

Charles Oliver | 9.4.2024 4:00 AM

A large orange snake statue outside an arcade in New Jersey | James Kirkikis | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: No Summer Snakes

Charles Oliver | 9.3.2024 4:00 AM

United Kingdom Home Secretary Yvette Cooper | Tayfun Salci/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Brickbat: Finding Speech Dangerous

Charles Oliver | 9.2.2024 4:00 AM

A 3D illustration of a stage at a comedy club, with a brick wall backdrop, a stool, and a microphone on a stand. | Trodler | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Mostly Free Speech

Charles Oliver | 8.30.2024 4:00 AM

Close-up of an arrestee's hands, with wrists handcuffed, as a police officer points | Wutthichai Luemuang | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: The Usual Suspect

Charles Oliver | 8.29.2024 4:00 AM

A car pulled over on the side of the road with two police vehicles behind. | Walter Arce | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: What Have We Here?

Charles Oliver | 8.28.2024 4:00 AM

Man in business suit being kicked by a giant foot. | Ratz Attila | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Surprise Ejection

Charles Oliver | 8.27.2024 4:00 AM

Close-up of a pair of scissors being used to cut up a Visa credit card. | Rafael Ben Ari | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Cutting You Off

Charles Oliver | 8.26.2024 4:00 AM

A young male U.S. Secret Service agent stationed at the gate in front of the White House | Valerio Rosati | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: That Doesn't Sound Like Us

Charles Oliver | 8.23.2024 4:00 AM

Crowd of protesters in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with police standing nearby. | Wirestock | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Don't Even Look

Charles Oliver | 8.22.2024 4:00 AM

Five men in swim trunks on the beach, jumping into the air with a hand raised. | Adamgregor | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Who Wears Short Shorts?

Charles Oliver | 8.21.2024 4:00 AM

A woman in silhouette pumps her fist in the middle of the crowd at a rock concert, with stage lights blaring | Bjorn Hovdal | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: We Are Not Amused

Charles Oliver | 8.20.2024 4:00 AM

A row of yellow school buses in a parking lot in Bethesda, Maryland | Grandbrothers | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Electrifying

Charles Oliver | 8.19.2024 4:00 AM

School children queue up with trays in the cafeteria. | Pojoslaw | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Playing Chicken

Charles Oliver | 8.16.2024 4:00 AM

Three diverse coed college students lay on the grass, looking at a book. | Pkchai | Dreamstime.com

Campus Free Speech

Brickbat: Free To Speak

Charles Oliver | 8.15.2024 4:00 AM

A young family, with father, mother, and two small children, carry boxes into a new apartment. | Lacheev | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: What You Don't Know

Charles Oliver | 8.14.2024 4:00 AM

Ultimate Frisbee championship players | Steve Kingsman | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Heckler's Veto

Charles Oliver | 8.13.2024 4:00 AM

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