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Check out our collection of sharp political and cultural jabs by Kansas City Star cartoonist Lee Judge. Also, his cartoon archives:

June-December 2011

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June-December 2010

It’s too early to determine whether the tax plans being debated this week by the Kansas City Council will deserve voter approval later this year — even conceding the fact that the city must invest much more money in rebuilding its crumbling infrastructure. Elected officials still must present clear, positive cases for what they want to do with the public funds.

The Star’s editorial | Name change for UMKC could be a game change

May 15, 5:37 PM

As names go, the University of Missouri-Kansas City doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. It’s clunky, and the “Kansas City” part comes across as an afterthought. The University of Kansas City, on the other hand, has a nice, clean ring. It conveys a sense of place. And a sense of responsibility.

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Robert Reich | Why our financial system cannot yet be trusted

May 15, 7:20 PM

Republicans have no problem intruding on the most personal and most intimate decisions any of us makes. But they don’t want the government to intrude on big business or Wall Street. They have it upside down.

Mary Sanchez

A big step in the struggle for equal marriage rights

You would think that a president born to an interracial union in the 1960s would not need to undergo a tortuous “evolution” before expressing his support for same-sex marriage. But Barack Obama’s past reluctance also reflects what an awesome struggle it will take to secure marriage rights for all Americans.

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Lewis W. Diuguid

Feisty city neighborhood holds its own in core

The plan by the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and the United Way of Greater Kansas City for the new Urban Neighborhood Initiative won’t have to start from scratch. There are a lot of good developments and people in the urban core. It just needs more people and resources to make it grow.

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Public Editor

Charge to vote in online contest was an error

Newspaper companies aren’t as direct as they should be about one fundamental: They are private businesses. But there’s also a built-in tension between the news and commerce sides of the business, and I’m appreciative when readers point out instances where they think one side oversteps its bounds.

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Letters & more views

Letters | Teacher quality, illegal immigration, gun laws May 15, 5:54 PM
Letters | Obamacare, saving gas, Afghanistan war May 14, 6:51 PM
Letters | UMKC athletes, government waste, red-light cameras May 12, 1:50 AM
Letters | Gay marriage, Sporting KC, women’s job losses May 11, 11:55 PM
Letters | Middle East peace, President Obama, U.S. soldiers May 11, 7:34 PM
Letters | Gay marriage, school hours, GSA May 10, 6:06 PM

MIDWEST VOICES

Mayor James kills $500 million bond election this year May 16, 11:48 AM
Kobach wants to make Kansas redistricting a federal case May 16, 11:13 AM
Killer of Raytown jogger needs to be caught now May 16, 9:58 AM
UMKC's Morton lashes out after NCAA investigation May 16, 9:43 AM
Momma Please Let Your Kids Grow Up to Be Programmers May 16, 12:03 AM
The courage to become an artist May 15, 8:43 PM

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Lee Judge cartoon for May 16, 2012

Lee Judge's cartoons

May 15, 4:40 PM

Check out our collection of sharp political and cultural jabs by Kansas City Star cartoonist Lee Judge. Also, his cartoon archives:

June-December 2011

January-June 2011

June-December 2010

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Glenn McCoy / Belleville News-Democrat (May 13, 2012)

This week's McClatchy cartoons

May 15, 6:25 PM

Political humor from all of McClatchy Newspapers' cartoonists, including Jim Morin, Rex Babin, Joel Pett and our own Lee Judge.

AS I SEE IT

As I See It | The courage to become an artist

May 15, 6:30 PM

Sitting in a darkened auditorium at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on a blazing August morning back in 2008, I listened, enchanted by the speaker at the podium, whose words etched themselves in my memory. The occasion was new-student orientation, and my son, about to begin his freshman year, sat next to me, doodling in his program.

Food aid to Africa displays a commitment to those in need May 8, 6:13 PM
All pay for untreated mental illness May 8, 6:00 PM
Saving money on medical equipment through competitive bidding May 1, 2:49 PM

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