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Supreme Court on Hobby Lobby: Not funny, but cartoon-worthy

July 4, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Courts, Health care Leave a comment

The Supreme Court’s decision in the Hobby Lobby case is another step in the wrong direction for the U.S. The old white guys who

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Chris Christie: A gift to political cartoonists

January 30, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Cities, Corruption, Ethics, Media, People, Politics, States Leave a comment

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s highly publicized political woes are creating an economic and artistic surge for political cartoonists. Here’s a gallery of cartoons satirizing

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Rand Paul’s plagiarism predicament: Cartoonists and satirists add their own footnotes

November 11, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Humor, People, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

To quote Rand Paul [see how easy it is to include attribution in your writings?], ” It’s a little hard to footnote things accurately.” Actually,

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Congress leaves town for summer break: Political cartoonists rush in

August 8, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Democrats, Good government, Media, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

What’s the difference between Congress being in session and on vacation? Beats me. If voting for the 40th time to “repeal” Obamacare counts as

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The war on reproductive rights: A roundup of political cartoons

July 19, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Congress, Health care, Politics, Reproductive rights, States 2 comments

More than 40 years after Roe v. Wade, the war on reproductive rights continues–in fact, it has escalated. State legislators, as well as Congressional

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Zimmerman not-guilty verdict: Commentary by political cartoonists

July 15, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, Civil Rights, Courts, Crime/Violence, Guns, Media, Police, Public safety Leave a comment

When a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin, sending justice back to the drawing board, that’s exactly where political

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