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1. 4 days ago on Kliban

   I’d forgotten about the days when there were public lockers in transit stations and airports.

2. 14 days ago on Tim Campbell

   I like to suggest that folks do some research about the Republicans’ “Southern Strategy” in order to gain an understanding of how the two parties switched during the 20th century.

3. 14 days ago on Tim Campbell

   You’re sort of right, but not really? Democrat JFK started the push for a Civil rights law, and Johnson took up the charge after Kennedy’s assassination. The Southern Democrats fought against it, since at the time many were good-ol’-boy racists. For example, Strom Thurmond was a Democrat at the time. He switched to Republican when it became clear that the Republican party had become the more conservative (and racist) of the two parties. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfeld (D) had a super-majority, which, with the help of Minority Leader Everett Dirksen and 26 other Republicans, helped him overcome the racist Dixiecrats to pass cloture. Yea votes for cloture 44 D, 27 R, Nay 21 D 6 R. Final vote was 73 – 27. In the House, the Republicans were instrumental in getting the House version of the bill passed. Democrats voted 152/96 61%/39% for the bill, Republicans 138/34 80%/20%. So, at the end of the day, it was really a Bi-partisan effort. Imagine that!

4. 17 days ago on Tim Campbell

   Fox News host Jeanine Pirro asked Giuliani whether the ban had anything to do with religion.

   “How did the president decide the seven countries?” she asked. “Okay, talk to me.”

   “I’ll tell you the whole history of it,” Giuliani responded eagerly. “So when [Trump] first announced it, he said, ‘Muslim ban.’ He called me up. He said, ‘Put a commission together. Show me the right way to do it legally.’ "

5. 19 days ago on Wallace the Brave

   Love the pinball machine. “Sole” Survivor. Nice.

6. 24 days ago on Steve Kelley

   You’re sort of right, but not really?Democrat JFK started the push for a Civil rights law, and Johnson took up the charge after Kennedy’s assassination. The Southern Democrats fought against it, since at the time many were good-ol’-boy racists. For example, Strom Thurmond was a Democrat at the time. He switched to Republican when it became clear that the Republican party had become the more conservative (and racist) of the two parties. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfeld (D) had a super-majority, which, with the help of Minority Leader Everett Dirksen and 26 other Republicans, helped him overcome the racist Dixiecrats to pass cloture. Yea votes for cloture 44 D, 27 R, Nay 21 D 6 R. Final vote was 73 – 27. In the house, the Republicans were instrumental in getting the bill onto Johnson’s desk. Democrats voted 152/96 61%/39% for the House version, Republicans 138/34 80%/20%. So, at the end of the day, it was really a Bi-partisan effort. Imagine that!

7. 25 days ago on Al Goodwyn Editorial Cartoons

   Yes, Geezer, immigration laws already exist. But there hasn’t been a major overhaul of the rules since Reagan was President. The recent major reform bill was suddenly killed for political reasons because it would have taken away an issue for Trump to harp on, but it was heavily supported by the Border Patrol and would have for example, “…hired 2,700 new U.S. Border Patrol agents and ICE officers and given them new authority, codified in law, that would allow them to remove single adults without a lengthy judicial review.” “It would have ended catch and release, so individuals could not simply claim asylum and be released into the country for seven to 10 years.” “It would have increased deportations, raised the threshold for asylum, and ended parole at the border.” Too bad so many Republicans in Congress care more about appeasing Trump than they do about actually securing the border.

8. 26 days ago on Steve Kelley

   Does a person need to be “informed” to know whether they find a work of art pleasing? Is this cartoonist an art snob?

9. 26 days ago on Al Goodwyn Editorial Cartoons

   Can you please explain to me why a sitting President would purposefully destroy the economy? I don’t understand.

10. 26 days ago on Al Goodwyn Editorial Cartoons

    Semantically what you’ve said is true. The U.S. government doesn’t “give you rights.” The rights are defined in the Constitution, and we as citizens need to protect those rights by voting for laws that defend those rights and for people who we hope will defend them at all levels of government. Those elected into the Federal government are charged with the task of defending the rights defined in the Constitution, and members of the U.S. military pledge an oath to the Constitution – not to any political party nor any President. Sadly, it seems some elected officials ignore the responsibility with which they are charged and instead focus on how they can use their position to advance themselves rather than help their fellow Americans and fulfill the promise of the Constitution.