Lee Judge’s cartoons
Check out our collection of sharp political and cultural jabs by Kansas City Star cartoonist Lee Judge. Also, his cartoon archives:
July-December 2012 January-July 2012 June-December 2011
Kathleen Sebelius and the ‘fourth scandal’
Nixon must protect Missouri by rejecting bad bills on taxes, guns, abortion, workers’ rights
Missouri is failing to protect at-risk children
How to wisely use KC’s taxes: We’ve heard this before
A party bus that flouted the rules
The can-do spirit rises after Oklahoma tornado
Cartoons
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McClatchy cartoons for the week of 5/19/13
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McClatchy cartoons for the week of 5/12/13
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McClatchy cartoons for the week of 5/5/13
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McClatchy cartoons for the week of 4/28/13
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McClatchy cartoons for the week of 4/21/13
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McClatchy cartoons for the week of 4/14/13
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McClatchy cartoons for the week of 4/7/13
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McClatchy cartoons for the week of 4/01/13
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McClatchy cartoons for the week of 3/24/13
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Lee Judge's cartoon archive
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Lee Judge cartoon archive
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Lee Judge cartoon archive: January-June 2013
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Editorials
Nixon must protect Missouri by rejecting bad bills on taxes, guns, abortion, workers’ rights
Veto-proof Republican majorities in Missouri’s House and Senate reduce the chances that Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon can reverse the damage done in the last legislative session. Still, hope springs eternal. So here is our Fantasy Veto Session for Missouri.
Missouri is failing to protect at-risk children
Watching over at-risk children has to be a state’s top priority. It must be done transparently. Darkness and secrecy are exactly the conditions that allow child abuse to thrive.
Yael T. Abouhalkah
Wal-Mart wins in Raytown, Lee’s Summit; is Waldo next?
As recent evidence shows in Raytown and Lee’s Summit, Wal-Mart usually gets its way by wooing public officials with the possibility of future tax revenues and wearing down its opponents.
How to wisely use KC’s taxes: We’ve heard this before
Led by Mayor Sly James, Kansas City’s elected officials work well together in setting priorities for using city funds. But don’t get carried away: History shows politicians, city managers and staff members routinely talk a good game about setting priorities and wisely spending public funds.
Lewis W. Diuguid
More red-light cameras may be headed to Kansas City
Red-light cameras do their job well by reducing traffic crashes and red light running.
Like Joplin, Mo., and Greensburg, Kan., Moore, Okla., should be be rebuilt green
Rebuilding Moore, Okla., , where a two-mile wide, EF-5 tornado on Monday ripped up the town, will start soon with help from the federal government and relief agencies. This is a time for Moore residents and city officials to plan to rebuild the city green.
Barbara Shelly
Kathleen Sebelius and the ‘fourth scandal’
One can envision the hearings. The outraged congressmen and the pompous senators grilling the secretary, with no answer likely to satisfy. The TV lights and live coverage on Fox. A new revelation (or non-revelation) popping up every couple of days. Is it any wonder good people are reluctant to go into public service these days?
Who needs legislators in the Do-It-Yourself State?
We still raise corn and cotton in Missouri, and cockleburs pop up as weeds. But we aren’t producing a bumper crop of Democrats these days. And, sadly, our state politicians are no longer immune to the frothy eloquence of charlatans who sell the false logic of income tax cuts and anti-worker laws and other brands of snake oil.
Mary Sanchez
Questions of accountability and fairness remain after charter school’s reprieve
Missouri’s efforts to shut down Gordon Parks Elementary School show we still need to figure out a way to fairly hold accountable charter schools, which often set out to serve disadvantaged students.
Did a sweatshop worker die for your sneakers?
Consumers need to keep pressing companies to follow through on their ethical commitments and codes of conduct. We need to make it clear that responsibility for poor working conditions and safety lapses rests with them, not just with third parties overseas.
Steve Rose
Hostess unions, the bell Ding Dongs for thee
Hostess has a new owner, who is opening the plants that make Twinkies, Ho Hos and Ding Dong brands. Only they are reopening without any unions. That’s one big step for American capitalism. And one big step backward for unions.
Let’s hope the Koch brothers don’t buy media
By the acquisition of major newspapers, wealthy Koch brothers of Wichita could purchase the forum for opinion that influences millions of voters. Whether you are conservative or liberal, the prospect of having that much power concentrated in so few hands should be plenty scary.
Syndicated Columnists
Conservatives shouldn’t fear Common Core plan
The Common Core standards are actually an attempt by governors — including many conservative Republican governors — to set some coherent standards on what children should know about math and English by various grade levels.
Barack Obama’s incredibly shrinking presidency
President Barack Obama’s scandals are interlocking and overlapping in ways that drain his authority. Everything he advocates requires Americans to lavish on government something his administration, and big government generally, undermines — trust.
Midwest Voices
The lessons of the Kermit Gosnell verdict
The principles implicated by the murder trial of the Pennsylvania abortion doctor make the trial and the static nature of public opinion significant news items. The significance, however, has been lost in a debate focused on the media rather than the weightier issues the case necessarily entails.
Some advice for today’s graduates
This is the time of year when we are looking forward to graduations. I have heard many graduation speeches, only a few were good. I have given the topic some thought. As a retired senior citizen, if I were asked to speak this is what I would say.
As I See It
White House running out of reasons to reject Keystone XL pipeline
“Enough with the delays,” writes Chris Faulkner, the CEO of Breitling Energy Cos. “The White House has no good reasons for rejecting the pipeline any longer. Keystone XL should be approved without delay.”
Judges should be picked on merit
“The Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan belongs to the people of Missouri,” writes Missouri Bar President Patrick B. Starke of Lee’s Summit, “and we must not let politicians and out-of-state special interests with big money steal it.”
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