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
Tax scofflaws don’t belong in Wyandotte County’s Unified Government
To stem violence, gun reform needs churches’ support
Transportation study shows room for improvement in Kansas City
Resolve the reassessment debacle in Jackson County
Kansas taxes are now flatter and fairer
Stand Your Ground laws a shaky basis for justice
Cartoons
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McClatchy cartoons for the week of 6/16/13
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McClatchy cartoons for the week of 6/9/13
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McClatchy cartoons for the week of 6/2/13
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McClatchy cartoons for the week of 5/26/13
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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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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
Tax scofflaws don’t belong in Wyandotte County’s Unified Government
The Board of Commissioners of Wyandotte County’s Unified Government will send a terrible message Thursday night if members seat a commissioner who has failed to pay property taxes on time.
To stem violence, gun reform needs churches’ support
This matter strikes especially close to the heart of Kansas City. With more than 100 murders a year for the last five years, the city has gained a reputation for having one of America’s highest murder rates.
Yael T. Abouhalkah
Transportation study shows room for improvement in Kansas City
A new report by the Mid-America Regional Council gives Kansas Citians a good look at whether their total transportation system is safe, good for the environment and cost-effective. The study reveals there’s plenty of room for improvement.
Guns in schools and ‘goofballs’ in the Kansas Legislature
The Kansas Legislature went to great lengths to pass inane pro-gun laws in its recently concluded session. And Gov. Sam Brownback is naively signing them. Unfortunately, these bills could have actual negative effects on the people of Kansas.
Lewis W. Diuguid
Ban on energy-drink ads is right move
The American Medical Association voted at its annual policy meeting in Chicago on limiting how the caffeinated beverages are sold to people younger that 18. However, don’t expect the makers of the products to go down without a fight.
Kids should send get-well cards to zoo’s Nikita
Teachers searching for a writing assignment for their summer school students and parents needing to give their kids something engaging to do should focus on Nikita, one of two polar bears at the Kansas City Zoo. The star of the zoo isn’t feeling too well.
Barbara Shelly
Student transfer situation not ideal
Missouri Education Commissioner Chris Nicastro is to be applauded for getting out in front with guidelines for student transfers from unaccredited districts. The Missouri legislature could have resolved the ambiguities in its transfer statute years ago, but chose to let the courts and state bureaucrats hash it out.
Mom deceived by for-profit college is not alone
Good for Jennifer Kerr. The Jackson County mom has won a huge verdict from a jury that was properly outraged by Kerr’s story of being deceived by the promises and practices of a for-profit college.
Mary Sanchez
Immigration protesters were out of line to march on Kris Kobach’s home
Kris Kobach is a menace to the passage of reasonable and necessary changes to immigration law. But Kobach is also a father and a husband. There is no condoning the actions of the nearly 300 people who stomped onto his private property Saturday for a protest.
Stand Your Ground laws a shaky basis for justice
People are confused about what constitutes self-defense. What many people term self-defense is really just the last act in an argument gone out of control, a situation that escalates until one or both parties reach for a gun.
Steve Rose
Be patient, Missouri. Kansas will self-destruct
Kansas voters elected a conservative Republican governor and a conservative Republican-controlled legislature. Together, they were to be a juggernaut. Something has gone terribly amiss. They are not at all of one mind.
Eric Holder is a liability to President Obama and our country
Eric Holder’s controversies are distracting a nation, which should be focusing on key issues, such as the economy, health care and immigration. The U.S. attorney general would be doing his president and the nation a great favor by tendering his resignation sooner, rather than later.
Syndicated Columnists
Ersatz ‘wars’ are at odds with limited government
Conservatives who favor federal “wars” on drugs, gambling and other behaviors should understand the damage they have done to the constitutional underpinnings of limited government.
Conference guidelines for the IRS: A parody
To all state and regional Internal Revenue Service managers: As a result of the critical government report about our agency’s 2010 convention in Anaheim, Calif., the following changes are being implemented immediately.
Midwest Voices
Time to rewrite the rules of politics
Corruption, influence peddling and outright bribery are as alive and well in American politics today as they have ever been. The settings have certainly changed. And the actors look a little different today. But the overall story remains the same.
The NSA scandal — Americans are private people
Americans by nature are private people. What we do, how we live and our opinions are not for public viewing by anyone and especially not by the government. One sec…I’ve got to take a poll on Facebook to see what I should cook for dinner tonight.
As I See It
Kansas taxes are now flatter and fairer
“Kansans will pay significantly less in taxes in 2013 than they did in 2012, and the savings will grow from there, even as the state spends billions annually on core responsibilities such as education, roads and Medicaid,” writes Nick Jordan, secretary of the Kansas Department of Revenue.
Broad immigration reform will make our communities safer
“As Congress debates bipartisan immigration reform and following a law enforcement briefing on immigration reform recently at the White House, it is clearer than ever that immigration reform will make our communities safer,” writes Robert Stephan, a former Kansas attorney general. “Now is the time for reform.”
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