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Editorial cartoons for Wednesday, May 8
A sketchy look at the news of the day.
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Tom Burke: Don’t know much about history? Better start reading
Reading — anything — matters, but especially before an election with history-making consequences.
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Where did Carolyn Hax advice column go?
Recently the Herald has replaced the Carolyn Hax column with Dear Abby. This is very disappointing as Hax…
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Maureen Dowd: Consider the three faces of Donald Trump
Past, present and future are visibile in his countenance; an especially grim one on the cover of Time.
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Paul Krugman: Still no stag and not much flation
The grumbling about inflation’s slow path to 2 percent isn’t worth steps that risk a recession.
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David Brooks: Why past is prologue and protests help Trump
Today’s crowd-sourced protests muddle their message and goals and alienate the quiet disapprovers.
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Jamelle Bouie: We pay price for upper-class state legislators
If we want more working-class representation, we need to make those positions more accessible.
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Editorial: Federal moves on cannabis encouraging, if incomplete
The Biden administration and the Senate offer sensible proposals to better address marijuana use.
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Michelle Goldberg: When elections on line, GOP avoids abortion
Even among the MAGA faithful, Republicans are having second thoughts on how to respond to restrictions.
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Paul Krugman: Digging into the persistence of Trump-stalgia
Most Americans are better off than they were four years ago; so why doesn’t it feel that way…
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David French: Only one candidate has a serious foreign policy
Voters will have to choose between a coherent strategy and a transactional temper tantrum.
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Comment: Colleges falling into semantic trap set by the right
As with Vietnam War-era protests, colleges are being goaded into siding with the right’s framing.
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U.S. must remain a leader of democracy in world
At one time, very recently, the United States’ democracy was looked on by free nations around the world…
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Who is responsibly locally for Monroe school’s PCB contamination
Reading the Herald article on the Monroe Sky Valley Education Center victims’ lawsuit against Monsanto and its amoral,…
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U.S. must reconsider military spending, nuclear weapons
Americans oblivious or indifferent to the staggering U.S. military budget for 2025 would benefit from reading Daniel Ellsberg’s…
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Editorial: Latest Hanford cleanup plan must be scrutinized
A new plan for treating radioactive wastes offers a quicker path, but some groups have questions.