Eric the Blue

Now and again I’ll hear someone say something like, “Oh, yeah, The Onion is funny as hell,” which, as compliments go, seems to me a little limp: a phrase such as “national treasure” would be more apt. They’re currently running a story beneath the headline “ICE Agent Injured After Repeatedly Trying To Detain People In Neighborhood Mural.” The subhead declares, “Community Art Project Accused Of Assaulting Federal Officer.” The article includes the detail that the officer “was heard howling in pain after a punch aimed at a Hispanic child’s face fractured several bones in his right hand.” Whole thing here.