The other day, Larry Bartels posted a Monkey Cage article entitled “Here’s how a cartoon smiley face punched a big hole in democratic theory,” with the subtitle, “Fleeting exposure to ‘irrelevant ...

Democracy, Mencken says here every day, is “the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.” But that’s not the way most political scientists see it. The leading theoretical paradigm in the field ...

The principal of Sawgrass Elementary School was not smiling when she saw what a photography studio did to obscure the face of a child who wasn't supposed to participate in picture day with the rest of ...

Vladimir Putin drew a cartoon smiley face with big ears for the cameras in his first public outing since the aborted Wagner coup. The odd moment came after a rare meet-and-greet with Russians in an ...

A painted gunman with a smiley face is on the house of the suspected Highland Park shooter's mom. The New York Post reported that the suspected gunman painted it, though it's unclear when. The gunman ...