cartoons, with rhubarb

I liked the Globe and Mail editorial today on political cartoons. The paper took an Iranian newspaper to task for running a non-funny cartoon of President Ahmadinejad:

... the cartoon fell flat because it did not insult anyone. It had no barb, no edge. Political cartooning is the cruellest art. The best cartoonists take no prisoners. The best cartoons hurt.

Indeed. So why is Ezra the only one taking no prisoners?