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Bill Schorr, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Dec 17, 2012
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It was early in the morning on July 20, when most people were asleep, that 18-year-old Morgan Jones began informing the world about the unfolding massacre in Aurora, Colo.
Posted on Jul 28, 2012
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By Eugene Robinson — When that next atrocity comes, we’ll tell each other we’re shocked and stunned, knowing full well we should be neither.
Posted on Jul 24, 2012
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James Holmes, the man suspected of going on a deadly shooting rampage inside a Colorado movie theater at a midnight showing of the new Batman film, faced a judge for the first time on Monday.
Posted on Jul 23, 2012
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Jerry Newcombe, spokesman for the evangelical religious group Truth in Action Ministries, says Americans have lost their fear of hell and that’s why the mass shooting at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater happened.
Posted on Jul 23, 2012
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By Richard Schickel — We want it to be good. We certainly don’t want it to be the occasion for tragedy. What we are forced to settle for, though, is aimlessness.
Posted on Jul 23, 2012
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Christopher Weyant, Cagle Cartoons, The Hill —
Posted on Jul 22, 2012
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A gunman opened fire in a packed movie theater in Aurora, Colo., killing a dozen people, wounding scores of others, and inviting a national debate about gun laws and mental health policy.
Posted on Jul 21, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Mayor Bloomberg on gun control and who’s skipping the Republican National Convention.
Posted on Jul 20, 2012
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — For all the dysfunction in our political system, a healthy pattern usually takes hold when a terrible tragedy seizes the nation’s attention. Unless the tragedy involves guns.
Posted on Jul 20, 2012
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A gunman shot up the audience at a premiere of the new Batman film, “The Dark Knight Rises,” in Aurora, Colo., early Friday morning. Twelve people were killed and 59 injured by tear gas and bullets during the tragedy.
Posted on Jul 20, 2012
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A conservative Christian group calling itself One Million Moms is up in arms about DC Comics’ decision to reveal that one of its well-known characters is gay. The organization is demanding the publisher reverse its decision, because if Superman wants to kiss men, so will your son.
Posted on May 31, 2012
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Writer and artist Frank Miller’s harsh, anti-OWS voice does not boom in comic book shops and the halls of the Internet alone. Alan Moore, widely beloved author of the industry classics “Watchmen” and “V for Vendetta,” offers a badly needed antidote to the torrent of sneering contempt Miller published on his blog weeks ago.
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Comic artist Frank Miller’s recent tirade against the Occupy movement gives us a glimpse into the mind of a man made important by an entertainment culture that pushes death, selfishness, uncritical obedience to authority and simplistic notions of good and evil. Guardian columnist Rick Moody has a word for such fare: cryptofascist. (more)
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This Labor Day, it’s not just 25 million Americans who are out of a job. In our comic book society, not even female superheroes can find work. (more)
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How are those poor, downtrodden and hurting health care executives supposed to recover from ... billions in profits? Double-digit percentage hikes for the captive audience known as their paying customers? Captain Moneybags brings his “Daily Show” camera crew to investigate ... (continued)
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Batman may be about to meet his doom, but, luckily, here comes Batwoman to take up the franchise—although, alas, not in her own series.
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Now we know where John McCain has been getting his campaign ideas: 1960s camp television. My friends, who is the Batman? And why is he always palling around with criminals?
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Right, so it was clear that things were going to change a bit at The Wall Street Journal when it became a part of the Murdochian Empire, but this is a little much: In this somewhat startling essay, Andrew Klavan sees a “W” where others see Batman’s bat symbol in “The Dark Knight” and believes the film is a “paean of praise” to President Bush.
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