Subtle signals / Blaring warnings
Ana Marie Cox is lying down and Trevor Alixopulos is sleuthing
Today: Trevor Alixopulos, comics artist and author of The Hot Breath of War; and Ana Marie Cox, columnist at The New Republic and MSNBC and co-host of Space the Nation.
Issue No. 184
School Spy Game
Trevor Alixopulos
All Curled Up
Ana Marie Cox
School Spy Game
by Trevor Alixopulos
![Back to school night is like a pro forma briefing from some embassy deputy. [Teacher, arms raised, explaining to parents, nods sagely]: "Mornings we do Fundations then Wigwamps."](https://storage.ghost.io/c/11/a3/11a34ed2-0d03-4467-9051-6142cc358694/content/images/2024/10/SSpyG02.png)
![You try to fill in the blanks with some human intelligence. [Father asks little son, who is nonchalantly reading]: "What did you do today?" Son: "nothing"](https://storage.ghost.io/c/11/a3/11a34ed2-0d03-4467-9051-6142cc358694/content/images/2024/10/SSpyG03.png)
![Sometimes, inferences can be drawn, connections made. [Father at the wheel, son in car seat]: Son: "♫♬ Paw Patrol! paw patrol! never get in trou-ble (some times) ♫♬" Dad: "So, you guys are watching Paw Patrol in class?"](https://storage.ghost.io/c/11/a3/11a34ed2-0d03-4467-9051-6142cc358694/content/images/2024/10/SSpyG04.png)
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