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
Did a sweatshop worker die for your sneakers?
Don’t mess with school standards in Kansas
Good move on Kansas City Zoo’s ‘free day’
U.S. must promote peaceful solutions in China vs. India feud
We’ve come a long way, but there’s a long way to go
By not acting on Medicaid, Missouri legislature failed to help patients
Cartoons
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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
D-day in downtown Raytown
Raytown officials are scheduled Tuesday night to decide whether residents will get to keep a large, city-owned green space intact for now — or get a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market in the space. The fate of downtown redevelopment hangs in the balance at the Board of Aldermen meeting.
Don’t mess with school standards in Kansas
Many school districts have spent the last two years designing curricula around the Common Core standards, and state assessment tests have been overhauled to reflect what students will be learning. To overturn the efforts now would require millions of dollars to draw up new standards and design new curricula and tests.
Yael T. Abouhalkah
Good riddance to Missouri’s lazy lawmakers
As Missouri’s legislative session ends Friday, it’s far easier to tally up what the GOP-controlled House and Senate did not do than what they actually accomplished.
Sure, KC has made some progress, but let’s do even more
Mayor Pro Tem Cindy Circo is right: Kansas City has made some progress in providing better service, but can still do better.
Barbara Shelly
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.
Yes, the Rizzo-Royster race turned on voter fraud
It now appears that the wrong candidate was declared winner of the 2010 Democratic primary in Missouri’s 19th District. That would be the contentious race between John Rizzo and Will Royster.
Mary Sanchez
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.
Commissioner opening shows vibrancy of Wyandotte politics
A field of 17 people have stepped forward to replace new Mayor Mark Holland on the Unified Government’s Board of Commissioners. In an era when so few people even bother to vote, it’s a plus for Wyandotte County that so many are willing to engage politically.
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
In a hurry to kill the innocent
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has on his desk awaiting his signature — or, dare we hope, his veto — a piece of legislation called the Timely Justice Act, passed by his state legislature in the apparent belief that Florida is not killing people fast enough.
Conservatives and media find a common threat
Americans accustomed to hating the media — a popular pastime of self-proclaimed “new media,” often meaning someone with an iPhone and a laptop — should stop hitting “snooze” on their wakeup call right about now.
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
By not acting on Medicaid, Missouri legislature failed to help patients
“Missouri needs a Medicaid reform plan that brings the most value for our state, including returning our citizens’ hard-earned tax dollars from Washington and addressing the health care needs of Missourians,” writes Herb B. Kuhn of the Missouri Hospital Association. “Let’s focus on what we can accomplish.”
The reality of being an Army kid
“I will be joining the other K-State seniors graduating May 18 in Bramlage Coliseum,” Kelly McHugh writes. “But the date will forever mean something completely different to me. It will be the mark of how far I’ve come in exactly three years.”
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