Editorial cartoons for Sunday, May 13, Mother’s Day

Editorial cartoons for Sunday, May 13, Mother’s Day

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Editorial cartoons for Monday, Nov. 24

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Editorial: Political debate isn’t on Thanksgiving menu for most

A better option for table talk are family stories. Share them with the Great Thanksgiving Listen.

Brooks: We’ve given politics over to chasing conspiracies

Meanwhile, both parties look to capitalize, while ignoring the core problems and coming challenges.

Comment: GOP can blame itself for Texas redistricting loss

A letter from the DOJ with factual, legal and typographical errors doomed the case before an appeals court.

Comment: Cheaper coffee, tomatoes small potatoes against inflation

The tariff rollbacks for some items make sense, but broader action is needed by Trump and Congress.

Comment: Why posecution of the 2020 ‘fake electors’ scams matters

If it seems like old news, consider that excusing election fraud only encourages it in the future.

Comment: Four jobs where AI can replace humans. But should it?

AI can handle legal aid and copy editing, but then how to we train lawyers and editors?

FILE — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo is seen through a window at the CFPB offices in Washington on Sept. 23, 2019. Employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed to cease “all supervision and examination activity” and “all stakeholder engagement,” effectively stopping the agency’s operations, in an email from the director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (Ting Shen/The New York Times)
Editorial: Keep medical debt off credit score reporting

The federal CFPB is challenging a state law that bars medical debt from credit bureaus’ consideration.

A model of a statue of Billy Frank Jr., the Nisqually tribal fishing rights activist, is on display in the lobby of the lieutenant governor's office in the state Capitol. (Jon Bauer / The Herald.
Editorial: Recognizing state history’s conflicts and common ground

State officials seek consensus in siting statues of an Indian rights activist and a missionary.

FILE — President Donald Trump and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick display a chart detailing tariffs, at the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The Justices will hear arguments on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025 over whether the president acted legally when he used a 1977 emergency statute to unilaterally impose tariffs.(Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
Editorial: Public opinion on Trump’s tariffs may matter most

The state’s trade interests need more than a Supreme Court ruling limiting Trump’s tariff power.

FILE — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) speaks during a news conference about the Epstein files on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 3, 2025. Greene has broken with the Trump administration in calling for files related to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to be released. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)
Comment: MAGA, the Epstein files and Trump

Why they want to see them; why Trump said yes to their release and why he’s the MAGA whisperer.

Bill in Congress would increase logging and wildfire risk

Regarding a recent commentary (“Misnamed Fix Our Forest Act would worsen wildfire… Continue reading

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