Brickbats | Reason Archives

A professor instructs a college classroom. | Kasto80 | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: The Right Criteria

Charles Oliver | 12.25.2023 4:00 AM

A miniature bottle of Smirnoff vodka with a cup of soda, on an airline passenger tray. | Christian Heinz | Dreamstime.com

Government employees

Brickbat: Flying High

Charles Oliver | 12.22.2023 4:00 AM

A chocolate Labrador retriever police dog with handler. | Ivan Kokoulin | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Bad Partner

Charles Oliver | 12.21.2023 4:00 AM

Two Metropolitan Police Officers in a crowd | Lawrence Willard | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Family Matters

Charles Oliver | 12.20.2023 4:00 AM

A row of urinals | Kittiphat Abhiratvorakul | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Urine Trouble

Charles Oliver | 12.19.2023 4:00 AM

A woman in a pink hijab yell into a megaphone. | Aaron Amat | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Cover Your Head and Shut Your Mouth

Charles Oliver | 12.18.2023 4:00 AM

Officers in a police station work on computers. | Vadimgozhda | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Look What I Found

Charles Oliver | 12.15.2023 4:00 AM

An officer, seen from behind, knocks on a door. | Arne9001 | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Shoot First, Knock and Announce Later

Charles Oliver | 12.14.2023 4:00 AM

A doctor prepares a drug test. | Robert Kneschke | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: False Positive

Charles Oliver | 12.13.2023 4:00 AM

Two people peer into a 3D printer. | Monkey Business Images | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Printer Precautions

Charles Oliver | 12.12.2023 4:00 AM

A maintenance worker repairs a boiler. | Ronstik | Dreamstime.com

Energy efficiency

Brickbat: All Charged Up

Charles Oliver | 12.11.2023 4:00 AM

Soccer fans in Wales. | Wan Rosli Wan Othman | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Working the Ref

Charles Oliver | 12.8.2023 4:00 AM

Cooler display with drinks and premade meals. | Mara Robinson | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Quite an Expensive Sandwich

Charles Oliver | 12.7.2023 4:00 AM

The flag of Ukraine on a pole | Denys Bozduhan | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Big Neighbor Is Watching

Charles Oliver | 12.6.2023 4:00 AM

Toyota Hilux truck on a dirt road. | Engdao Wichitpunya | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Off Road, Off Limits

Charles Oliver | 12.5.2023 4:00 AM

Unlocked handcuffs against a white background. | Teamarbeit | Dreamstime.com

Prison sentence

Brickbat: The Wrong Man

Charles Oliver | 12.4.2023 4:00 AM

A K9 police dog in a harness. | Chris Johnson | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Unprovoked Attack

Charles Oliver | 12.1.2023 4:00 AM

A fully-loaded burger and fries against a black backdrop. | Sergey Nazarov | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: A Red Meat Issue

Charles Oliver | 11.30.2023 4:00 AM

A beauty pageant winner, shot from behind, steps out onstage from behind a curtain. | Nattawat Chearananta | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: You Can't Go Home Again

Charles Oliver | 11.29.2023 4:00 AM

Fire alarm on a wall | Satel22 | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: False Alarm

Charles Oliver | 11.28.2023 4:00 AM

bb1 | Illustration: Peter Bagge

Brickbats: December 2023

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

Charles Oliver and Peter Bagge | 11.27.2023 6:00 AM

A female police officer on patrol checks her cell phone. | motortion | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Hero Citizen, Racist Cop

Charles Oliver | 11.27.2023 4:00 AM

People meditating in lotus position. | Aerogondo | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Achieve Inner Peace on Your Own Time

Charles Oliver | 11.24.2023 4:00 AM

Closeup of the CashApp icon on an iPhone screen. | Mikhail Primakov | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Consider It a Loan

Charles Oliver | 11.23.2023 4:00 AM

Greeting card aisle at a supermarket. | David Tonelson | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Letters from Home

Charles Oliver | 11.22.2023 4:00 AM

Public sector workers in Quebec on strike. | Gabriel Petrescu | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Don't Carry On

Charles Oliver | 11.21.2023 4:00 AM

A diverse group of college students sits together outdoors. | Michael Turner | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Thumb on the Scale

Charles Oliver | 11.20.2023 4:00 AM

A policewoman sits in front of a computer with multiple screens. | blurf | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Charles Oliver | 11.17.2023 4:00 AM

Police officers surround a homeless man leaned against a car. | Gabriel Petrescu | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Charles Oliver | 11.16.2023 4:00 AM

Police officers in the United Kingdom stand in a group. | Jiawangkun | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: We'll Get Around to It

Charles Oliver | 11.15.2023 4:00 AM

A deployable Taser with grip. | Kbiros | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Shocking Behavior

Charles Oliver | 11.14.2023 4:00 AM

A raised bed filled with artificial grass. | Shuang Li | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: The (Artificial) Grass Is Greener

Charles Oliver | 11.6.2023 4:00 AM

Two Russian Orthodox churches in the Russian republic of Tatarstan. | Dmitry Zhukov | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Don't Get Cross

Charles Oliver | 11.3.2023 4:00 AM

Iranian journalists Nilufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi. | Mehrdad Aladin/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom

Brickbat: The Crime of Reporting

Charles Oliver | 11.2.2023 4:00 AM

Judge's gavel | Andrey Prilutskiy | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: No Regrets

Charles Oliver | 11.1.2023 4:00 AM

A female police officer writes a ticket for a male motorist. | Nomadsoul1 | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: The Chicago Way

Charles Oliver | 10.31.2023 4:00 AM

A tiny house on a paved foundation. | Peter Hoeks | Dreamstime.com

Affordable Housing

Brickbat: Tiny Homes, Big Problems

Charles Oliver | 10.30.2023 4:00 AM

A row of ground beef tacos | Funandrejs | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Terrorist Tacos?

Charles Oliver | 10.27.2023 4:00 AM

Close-up of a woman's hand holding a beer bottle while driving a car. | Satjawat Boontanataweepol | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Hey, Hot Stuff

Charles Oliver | 10.26.2023 4:00 AM

A little boy with long hair and duct tape over his mouth and a surprised expression. | Andi Berger | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Bound and Gagged

Charles Oliver | 10.25.2023 4:00 AM

Three Halloween skeletons posed to look like they're dancing. | Julia Gatewood | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: A Spooky Display

Charles Oliver | 10.24.2023 4:00 AM

bb1 | Illustrations: Peter Bagge

Brickbats: November 2023

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

Charles Oliver and Peter Bagge | 10.23.2023 6:00 AM

Bread aisle in a Canadian grocery store. | Bsenic | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Low, Low Prices

Charles Oliver | 10.23.2023 4:00 AM

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau | Palinchak | Dreamstime.com

Government Spending

Brickbat: On the Taxpayer's Dime

Charles Oliver | 10.20.2023 4:00 AM

Businessman packs up laptop to leave work. | Antonio Guillem | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Leaving So Soon?

Charles Oliver | 10.19.2023 4:00 AM

A gloved individual holds a baggy of drugs outside a backpack, as if they are either planting or removing the baggy. | Dmitrii Melnikov | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: A Classic Overachiever

Charles Oliver | 10.18.2023 4:00 AM

A piece of yellow CAUTION tape in a chain link fence. | Danhussey5 | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: Unfriendly Fire

Charles Oliver | 10.17.2023 4:00 AM

A policeman against an orange background, punching with his fist toward the camera. | Aaron Amat | Dreamstime.com

Brickbat: We're Here To Help

Charles Oliver | 10.16.2023 4:00 AM

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