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By John Toth
Editor and Publisher
Cartoonists are not the problem Cartoons lose ground to timidity
By Ron Paul
Special to The Bulletin
After the tragic shooting at a
provocative magazine in Paris
last week, I pointed out that
given the foreign policy positions
of France, we must consider
blowback as a factor. Those who
do not understand blowback
made the ridiculous claim that I
was excusing the attack or even
blaming the victims. Not at all,
as I abhor the initiation of force.
The police blaming victims when
they search for the motive of a
criminal.
• The mainstream media
immediately decided that the
shooting was an attack on free
speech. Many in the U.S. pre-
ferred this version of “they hate
us because we are free,” which
is the claim that President Bush
made after 9/11. They expressed
solidarity with the French and
vowed to fight for free speech.
But have these people not
noticed that the First Amendment
is routinely violated by the U.S.
government? President Obama
has used the Espionage Act
more than all previous administrations combined to silence
and imprison whistleblowers.
Where are the protests? Where
are protesters demanding the
release of John Kiriakou, who
blew the whistle on the CIA
use of waterboarding and other
(Continued on Page 4)
By Daryl Cagle
Special to The Bulletin
Like blaming a rape victim for her
“provocative dress,” many press
pundits blame the Charlie Hebdo
cartoonists (and the Danish cartoonists before them) for crossing “red
lines,” and inviting trouble.
In the past few days the small
community of American editorial
cartoonists have been getting calls
from their local media, asking for
comments about self-censorship
and what subjects we should be
forbidden to draw in a free society.
Political cartoonists have no
clear red lines, but we are certainly
censored. Cartoonists are a macho
bunch; we want to draw provocative
cartoons, bashing the reader on the
head with the most powerful images
possible. Editors see cartoonists
as bomb throwers, to be reigned
in.
There are about 1,500 daily,
paid circulation newspapers
in America, and less than 50
cartoonists have jobs working for
those papers, the vast majority
of the papers use “syndicated”
cartoons, culling a cartoon or
two each day from a large menu
of available, national cartoon
options. Newspaper editors have
been growing more timid, wanting
to avoid reprinting anything that
might offend a declining readership; they usually avoid printing
the most hard-hitting cartoons.
The result is that American editorial cartoons are tame compared
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A friend of mine posted an
article about Anita Ekberg,
who died at 83 last week, and
comments were made that she
hadn’t aged well.
The photo shows her to be 80
or so, with all the lines on her
face, a frown
rather than a
smile, yellow
hair that was
supposed to
be blonde.
On the
right side
RAMBLINGS was a black
and white
movie promotion photo of her
in her 20s. It was professionally taken, and she looked very
– hot.
She was a top-tier actress
in Hollywood, and actors and
actresses don’t get to that level
unless they are good, and
appeal to the opposite sex.
Movie stars are stars because
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Strange but True
Best stomach bullet
hole in history
Q. What was one of the most
useful bullet holes in human history? Not pretty, not painless but
curiously educational.
A. It was 1822, and Dr. William
Beaumont was tending a patient
who’d been accidentally shot
in the stomach, as reported in
National Geographic’s “Ultimate
Bodypedia,” by Christina Wilsdon,
et al. Even though the wound
healed, the man was left with a
small hole on his left side. Call it
a “stomach peephole,” if you will,
because Beaumont used it as an
opportunity to watch bodily processes at work: He tied different
types of food to bits of string and
lowered them in through the hole,
noting the results. The doctor
and subject worked together for
10 years.
“It sounds gross (and it
was), but Beaumont’s research
revealed how digestion worked.
Before his discovery, it was
believed that food was digested
by rotting inside the stomach, like
garbage dumped in a pit.”
Middle names
Q. Try to name the celebrity
common denominator here:
Orson Welles, Virginia Woolf,
Robert Redford, Rihanna Fenty,
Eleanor Roosevelt, Steve
McQueen and Harper Lee?
A. They all adopted their
middle names as their first
names, dropping (in order)
George, Adeline, Charles, Robyn,
Anna, Terence and Nelle, reports
Sean Hutchinson in “Mental
Floss” magazine. The phrase
“middle name” first appeared in
1835 in Harvard University’s “Harvardiana,” though the practice
dates back to ancient times. “The
three-name structure used today
began in the Middle Ages when
Europeans were torn between
giving their child a saint’s name
or a common family name.” By
World War I, U.S. enlistment
forms were including official
space for a middle name.
Van Gogh’s new and
improved ear
Q. In what highly singular
biotechnological sense can
Vincent van Gogh’s severed ear
still hear?
A. Certainly nothing can bring
back the reportedly self-severed
left ear of the Dutch artist who
gave us dazzling paintings like
“The Starry Night” and “Still Life:
Vase with Twelve Sunflowers,”
says “IEEE Spectrum” magazine.
But “continued fascination with
the missing appendage, combined with the latest in bioengineering, has led to another work
of art: a 3-D printed replica of
van Gogh’s ear generated from
tissue taken from a descendant of
van Gogh’s brother Theo.”
At an exhibition at the Center
for Art and Media in Karlsruhe,
Germany, artist Diemut Strebe
featured this replica -- and it can
even hear. “It picks up sound
with a built-in microphone and
software that simulates auditory
nerves.” In this strange sense,
van Gogh’s ear lives on.
Poll results that make
no cents, or dollars
Q. Suppose you poll the American people about how to balance
the federal budget. First, you ask
whether they want to raise taxes
or cut spending, and two-thirds
(67%) say they would prefer to
cut spending. Then you ask if the
defense budget should be cut and
two-thirds say “no.” Regarding
social programs, again two-thirds
say “no.” As economist Bryan
Caplan once colorfully stated,
By Bill Sones
and Rich Sones, Ph.D.
“The most plausible reading of this
data is that the public wants a free
lunch. They hope to spend less
on government without touching
any of its main functions.” So, are
the people stupid or just wishful
thinkers?
A. Mathematician Jordan Ellenberg comes to the defense of the
American people in his book “How
Not to Be Wrong: The Power of
Mathematical Thinking.” Suppose
each person polled belongs to one
of three equal-sized constituencies, those who prefer to: (1) raise
taxes, (2) cut defense spending,
or (3) cut social programs. In
aggregate, two-thirds oppose any
single solution and thus a majority-approved “will of the people”
simply does not exist! Poll results
can, and often do, appear contradictory, even if the individuals
polled are quite rational.
(Send STRANGE questions to brothers
Bill and Rich at [email protected])
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Ron Paul: Cartoonists are the victims of ‘blowback’ that government policies create
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torture? The whistleblower went to
prison while the torturers will not be
prosecuted. No protests.
• If Islamic extremism is on the
rise, the U.S. and French governments are at least partly to blame.
The two Paris shooters had reportedly spent the summer in Syria
fighting with the rebels seeking
to overthrow Syrian President
Assad. They were also said to have
recruited young French Muslims
to go to Syria and fight Assad. But
France and the United States have
spent nearly four years training and
equipping foreign fighters to infiltrate
Syria and overthrow Assad! In other
words, when it comes to Syria, the
two Paris killers were on “our” side.
They may have even used French
or U.S. weapons while fighting in
Syria.
• Beginning with Afghanistan in
the 1980s, the U.S. and its allies
have deliberately radicalized Muslim
fighters in the hopes they would
strictly fight those they are told to
fight. We learned on 9/11 that sometimes they come back to fight us.
The French learned the same thing
last week. Will they make better
decisions knowing the blowback
from such risky foreign policy? It
is unlikely because they refuse to
consider blowback. They prefer to
believe the fantasy that they attack
us because they hate our freedoms,
or that they cannot stand our free
speech.
• Perhaps one way to make us
all more safe is for the U.S. and
its allies to stop supporting these
extremists.
• Another lesson from the attack
is that the surveillance state that
has arisen since 9/11 is very good at
following, listening to, and harassing
the rest of us but is not very good at
stopping terrorists. We have learned
that the two suspected attackers
had long been under the watch
of U.S. and French intelligence
services. They had reportedly been
placed on the U.S. no-fly list and
at least one of them had actually
been convicted in 2008 of trying
to travel to Iraq to fight against the
U.S. occupation. According to CNN,
the two suspects traveled to Yemen
in 2011 to train with al-Qaeda. So
they were individuals known to have
direct terrorist associations. How
many red flags is it necessary to set
off before action is taken? How long
did U.S. and French intelligence
know about them and do nothing,
and why?
• Foreign policy actions have con-
sequences. The aggressive foreign
policies of the United States and
its allies in the Middle East have
radicalized thousands and have
made us less safe. Blowback is real
whether some want to recognize it
or not. There are no guarantees of
security, but only a policy of nonintervention can reduce the risk of
another attack.
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Gulf Coast Center makes executive management team appoinments
GALVESTON – Mike Winburn,
Executive Director, Gulf Coast
Center, Mental Health Authority for Galveston and Brazoria
Counties, recently announced
the appointments of Melissa
Tucker and Leigh Saunders to the
Executive Management Team.
Melissa Tucker, Licensed
Clinical Social
Worker, has
provided
mental health
services at
the Gulf Coast
Center for 20
years. Tucker
began as a
member of the Assertive Community Treatment Team when it
was a pilot site and progressed
to Program Director of Supported
Housing and Employment; each
program serving adults with
severe and persistent mental
illnesses.
Serving as the Director of
Child and Adolescent Out-Patient
Services for the past 13 years,
she has focused on collaboration
with other agencies, development
of new services in the community, clinical and administrative
management of grants and contract-required programs benefiting youth with mental illness,
and provides oversight for grant
reporting for the approximately
$15 million in 1115 Medicaid
Waiver projects awarded to Gulf
Coast Center for community
service.
Leigh Saunders, Certified as
a Qualified
Intellectual
Disability
Professional,
currently
serves as the
Intellectual
Disability
Coordination
Supervisor. Serving the Gulf
Coast Center since 1997, she is
responsible for the supervision
and administration of IDD Service
Coordination Programs, Continuity of Services and Interest List.
Her responsibilities include
oversight, planning, staffing,
coordinating, enrollment, monitoring and budgeting of assigned
programs and service areas.
She and 35 staff members
provide services to over 1,000
individuals.
The Gulf Coast Center is one
of 39 community centers in Texas
providing services, programs and
employment assistance to individuals with Intellectual and Development Disabilities (IDD), mental
illness, HIV, or needing substance
abuse recovery services.
Programs and services
provided by the Gulf Coast
Center have made progress
toward enabling and empowering
individuals and their families in
leading quality lives.
For more information go to
www.gulfcoastcenter.org. The
24 Hour Crisis Hotline 866-7293848.
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Unemployment rate
drops to 5.6 percent
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
UH-OH, I’M FEELING A LITTLE DIZZY NOW, YOUR HONOR: A
man with a strange desire to attract attention got into the habit of getting
drunk and then falling over in front of his neighbors in Buckinghamshire,
England, and pretending to be injured. Once the neighbors started ignoring his antics, he took to lying down on a busy main road nearby as if he
had been hit by a car to get people to call an ambulance for him. In the
end, magistrates barred him from being drunk in public and falling down
anywhere in England and Wales.
JUST DON’T SEND THE SAME COPS WHO ARE AFTER ME: An
inmate escaped from police custody as he was being treated at a hospital
in Muscatine, Iowa. But, two days later, he called the cops asking them to
rescue him as he was being chased by 20 or 30 wild coyotes in the Loud
Thunder Forest Preserve in Illinois. He gave arriving officers a phony
name, but they soon figured out who he was.
HEY, CAN ONE OF YOU BOYS GET ME A DRINK? A heavily intoxicated woman, who had intended to pick up her boyfriend at a bar in Paw
Paw, Mich., showed up to get him at the local jail by mistake.
WORK WOULD JUST BUM ME OUT, I’M AFRAID: The jobs website,
CareerBuilder, which collected the oddest excuses that workers gave
for missing work, reported that one man said that he couldn’t come in
because he had had a “lucky night,” and was in too good of a mood to
work.
I THOUGHT THE COAST WAS CLEAR: Two men were arrested after
they tried to rob a woman at knifepoint in front of the jail in downtown La
Crosse, Wisc., while the building’s security cameras were pointed directly
at them.
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING, MATE?: While police were
conducting an undercover operation to catch foreign criminals in Foleshill,
England, a man tried to steal the license plates from one of the officers’
unmarked vans.
HOW DID YOU FIND ME? A patient who wanted to leave a hospital in
Goodyear, Ariz., stole an ambulance to make his getaway. The vehicle
was equipped with GPS, which police used to locate it at his home, where
they arrested him.
WELL, THAT’S ONE WAY TO RECAPTURE YOUR YOUTH: Two
men, ages 91 and 84, got into a fistfight over a parking space at the
Oakwood Estates in Ohio.
WASHINGTON — Ignoring the
economic troubles in the rest of the
world, the U.S. added another large
batch of new jobs in December to
conclude its best year of hiring since
1999.
The Labor Department said
Friday that employers took on
252,000 net new workers last
month, after adding an upwardly
revised 353,000 people to their
payrolls in November.
The nation’s unemployment rate
fell by a larger-than-expected 0.2
percentage point to 5.6 percent
in December, but that was partly
because the labor force shrank last
month. Still, the latest jobless figure
is the lowest since June 2008 and
is down from 6.7 percent a year
earlier.
Job growth more recently has
included more higher-paying jobs.
Last month, employment gains were
led by professional services.
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El Cámara Fiesta
The Chamber…Angleton…
Brazoria County is gearing
up for the 57th Annual Heritage Gala. El Cámara Fiesta
(The Chamber Party) is the
theme, and it’s going to be a
lot of fun.
Volunteers, ambassadors,
board members and staff are
working hard to secure sponsors and auction items for
what promises to once again
be the event of the year.
“Our gala is just the best
way possible to kick off each
new year for The Chamber,”
stated President & CEO
Beth Journeay.
“It sets the tone for our
year and provides a large
portion of the revenue it
takes to conduct the business of The Chamber.
While the revenue is an
important element of this
event, it is not the most
important one. The most
important and rewarding part
of the event is having our
members /investors in attendance having a great time,”
she said.
The Chamber provides
many opportunities throughout the year to bring our
members/investors together
to share, network and educate.
Memories from last year’s event
The theme was Pistols and Pearls
“The Chamber is a vital
organization in Angleton and
Brazoria County with the
Gala being our premier event
to kick off the new year” said
Nancy Davis, 2015 Chair
of the Board. “It is a great
opportunity to create and
renew friendships and relationships while supporting
the needs of The Chamber.
It is the event our members/
investors look forward to all
year.”
Tickets are available by
calling The Chamber at
(979) 849-6443, or register online at www.angleton
chamber.org.
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Hire your Chamber, and let us help your business grow
That sounds strange, doesn’t
it? All these years you have been
asked to “join” your Chamber,
but each member does a lot
more than just join when they
pay their membership investment.
The Chamber does many
things for the business and professional communities and the
general public which they might
not be able to do alone.
The Chamber provides
services and benefits that
completely overshadow the
costs – that is your membership
investment – when you hire The
Chamber.
When you make the decision
to hire your Chamber, you are
hiring a partner who works as a
watch-dog to protect your interest in local, state and national
legislation that may affect your
business and community.
The Chamber also works for
more and better job opportunities for the people who patronize
your business, in addition to
promoting a good public image
of your community for business
and industry.
Now, does the phrase “Hire
Your Chamber” sound logical?
When you write your investment
check for your membership,
think of it in these terms: You are
hiring your Chamber, its staff and
services, as a valuable part of
your business or profession.
Your investment is deductible
as a “necessary item of business
expense”. Your investment is
not a contribution or a gift you
are making, it’s an investment in
your business and in your community.
Membership fees
Your annual membership
investment in The Chamber is
based on the number of employees.
Business Base Dues
$250.00 1-5 Employees
$375.00 6-10 Employees
$450.00 11-20 Employees
$575.00 21-30 Employees
More than 30 Employees: $575,
plus $3.50 per additional employee.
Associate: $300; Non-profit
organization: $250; Churches: $100;
Individual: $75; Elected officials:
$75; Senior individual: $25; Senior
couple: $45.
Clyde Neal Jr.
Angleton Chamber of
Commerce’s Citizen of the Year
“I can remember my parents
going to the Chamber Banquet
when I was just a kid. Later,
when my Dad and I were working
together, we enjoyed the Chamber’s
Texas Heritage Award Banquet, and
we had some great recipients and
speakers. I remember Leon Jaworski, Dr. Denton Cooley, Ann Richards, Ron Stone, Kathy Whitmire,
to name a few. The Heritage Award
was at its peak in the 80’s and 90’s.
The current Gala format with fundraising activities is a fun way to see
our friends and acquaintances from
the business community in a whole
different setting.”
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NEW BOARD MEMBERS 2015
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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YEA!
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How the Angleton Chamber of Commerce,
working with the school district, can turn
your kids into young entrepreneurs
With our partners at Angleton
Independent School District,
The Chamber is excited to continue the Young Entrepreneur’s
Academy, or the YEA! program.
This innovative program
guides students through the
process of starting their own
businesses.
YEA! is a groundbreaking
program that takes students
the ages of 11 -18 through the
process of starting and launching a real business or social
movement over the course of
an academic year.
By the end of the class,
students own and operate
a fully-formed and functioning business, which may be
carried after their graduation
of the program. YEA! aims
at teaching students at an
early age how to make a job,
not just take a job. YEA! was
developed at the University of
Rochester with support of the
Kauffman Foundation.
“We are so excited to be
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able to advance the business
education of middle and high
school students through the
Young Entrepreneur’s Academy, said Chamber President
& CEO Beth Journeay. “Our
goal is to provide a unique and
challenging experience for all
students interested in participating.”
The program requires a
7-month commitment from its
young executives. In that time,
they brainstorm and form their
enterprises, make pitches to
potential investors, obtain funding, register their companies
with the county clerk’s office,
and actually launch their own
company or social movement.
Business mentors, graphic
designers and local entrepreneurs support the students
throughout the program and
all of the learning is real and
experiential.
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County Library System adds digital magazines to services
Patrons of the Brazoria County
Library System (BCLS) can now
access digital magazines using
Flipster™ from EBSCO Information
Services. Flipster is a next-generation digital magazine service that
allows people to browse the latest
issues of high quality digital versions
of popular magazines, courtesy of
the library.
BCLS has both Flipster and
hardcopy versions of magazines like
Cooking Light, Harper’s Bazaar, Us
Weekly and more so patrons have
the option of accessing the content
at the library or remotely. Magazines
can be downloaded to iPads or iPad
Minis via an app for offline reading
anytime anywhere.
Flipster offers an easy, browseable reading experience. Users can
browse magazines by category as
well as perform searches for specific
periodicals. An online newsstand
provides a carousel of the most
recent issues, as well as a carousel of all issues allowing for quick
access to magazines. The table of
contents contains links to quickly go
to articles of interest and hotlinks
within magazines are hyperlinked,
opening in separate tabs when
clicked.
“Our patrons will now have
access 24/7 to some of our most
popular magazines and will no
longer be limited to accessing them
only when the buildings are open,”
said Tom West, Adult Coordinator.
Contact your local branch library
or visit bcls.lib.tx.us to learn more
about accessing the library’s digital
magazines through Flipster.
My Answer
The more you focus on Christ’s love,
the stronger your faith will be
By Billy Graham
Tribune Media Services
Q: My faith is like a yo-yo, constantly bouncing up and down,
but not going anywhere. I’d love
to have a solid faith like some of
my friends do, but it isn’t happening. What’s wrong with me?
Maybe I’m just not the religious
type. - Mrs. J.R.
A: If you weren’t “the religious
type” you wouldn’t be concerned
about your faith; in fact, you’d
probably never give it a thought.
(I don’t believe that only some
people are “religious types”
anyway; God is real to all kinds of
people, and He loves us all.)
The most important thing I can
tell you is that God doesn’t want
us to have a “yo-yo” faith, and He
has done everything possible to
give us a strong and stable faith.
The key is to build our faith not
on our feelings but on facts - the
facts of Jesus’ life, death and
resurrection, and the facts of His
promises and His presence with
us.
Feelings come and go, and if
we look only at whether or not
we “feel” God is with us, our faith
will never be strong. But when
we focus on Jesus, our faith will
grow. The more you focus on
Christ and His love for you, the
stronger your faith will become.
How does this happen? First,
make sure of your commitment
to Jesus Christ. Have you put
your faith and trust in Him? If
you aren’t sure, turn to Christ
and ask Him to come into your
life today. Then take time every
day to focus on Him - through
reading the Bible, through prayer,
and through your fellowship with
other believers in a church where
Christ is preached and lived.
The Bible says, “Faith comes
from hearing the message, and
the message is heard through the
word about Christ” (Romans 10:
17).
(Send your queries to “My Answer,” c/o Billy Graham, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1 Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte, N.C., 28201; call 1-(877) 2-GRAHAM, or visit
the Web site for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association: www.billygraham.org.)
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as perception and memories often overshadow reality
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they have something that the rest of
us lack. They work very hard at it,
hoping to make it into the big-time,
so they can start running from the
paparazzi.
And then, they all get old.
“As Frank Sinatra said on the
occasion of his 75th birthday, ‘The
golden years can kiss my a..!’”
posted the friend.
“Better than the alternative,” I
replied.
“In Ekberg’s case, there is no
alternative,” the friendly banter
continued.
“She was a knockout. The alter-
native is unavoidable. The key is to
delay it, regardless of appearance,”
I put in my two-cents’ worth.
“Absolutely. I’m pedaling as hard
as I can,” he replied.
He is pedaling very hard, I give
him credit, and looks great for his
age. He’ll probably live way past 83.
That’s not all that old anymore,
come to think of it, now that I’m no
spring chicken myself.
A little makeup, blurring at the
right places, a nice smile, and the
right lighting could have made
Anita Ekberg a very good-looking
octogenarian – if that’s what she
wanted to do.
Remember Mary Tyler Moore,
how good she looked on TV? Then,
when I saw a candid magazine
photo of her, she was all wrinkled. A
face lift can fix that right up.
Sylvester Stallone had to have
a few face lifts. He now looks like
some cartoon character. His face
is so stretched out that if he smiled
too hard, it would come apart at the
seams.
Stallone is going to leave a good
looking corpse behind. He may still
be making movies at age 120 or so.
He looks a lot younger.
Anita Ekberg could have looked
like that. Not all stretched out, but
otherwise – maybe a little Botox at
the right places. It works for John
Kerry.
I was watching an elderly couple
in a nearby resort city restaurant
this past summer. They had to be
in their 70s or 80s. The woman
dressed in a strapless sundress.
They sat at a table by the window,
taking in the sunshine and the water
view. She was saying something.
He was looking at her. Who knows
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what he saw? Memories can shape
reality to one’s liking.
I’m thinking that Ekberg had
enough memories, making reality
secondary.
She does look bad in that recent
photo, and it may be because she
didn’t care all that much. She is
probably talking to a reporter about
her past, her career, and in her
mind’s eye, still saw herself as that
young movie star in “La Dolce Vita.”
And, in the movie, she was – hot.
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to cartoons around the world - and
in France.
Yesterday, one of the syndicate
cartoonists, David Fitzsimmons of
The Arizona Daily Star in Tucson,
drew a cartoon depicting the
Prophet Muhammad that we delivered to our 850 subscribing newspapers. Editorial cartoons depicting
the Prophet Muhammad are not
unusual. We were flooded with calls
from editors questioning our wisdom
in posting the cartoon, and asking if
other editors were running it before
deciding to run it themselves.
Cartoons are more powerful than
words. Readers don’t cut columns
out of the newspaper to hang
on their fridges. Editors quickly
learn that cartoons generate more
angry e-mail than the same ideas
expressed in words. Editors prefer
cartoons that are like Jay Leno
jokes, about a topic in the news,
but expressing no real opinion. If
we want our work to be reprinted,
cartoonists have to consider drawings that timid editorial-gatekeepers
will let pass. This is the censorship
of the marketplace.
I know cartoonists who insist on
drawing offensive cartoons with four
letter words; they complain that the
market is unfair for rejecting them.
Tame cartoonists are sometimes
derided by our macho colleagues
for selling-out to syndication.
My French cartoonist friends joke
about American cartoonists being
prudes. For example, the French
draw bare breasts in their cartoons
frequently; American cartoonists
can’t do that if they want their
cartoons to be reprinted in U.S.
newspapers -a bare-breasted fact
that amuses my French colleagues.
Our censorship of the marketplace in a free society is nothing like
government censorship, a concept
that is difficult for the much of the
world to understand or appreciate.
History of the World
By Mark Andrews
Tribune Content Agency
Jan. 19: ON THIS DATE in
1966, Indira Gandhi became prime
minister of India, following in the
footsteps of her father, Jawaharlal
Nehru, the nation’s first prime minister. In 1976, the Beatles turned
down a $30 million offer to hold a
reunion concert.
Jan. 20: ON THIS DATE in
1265, the first English Parliament
was called into session by the Earl
of Leicester. In 1930, “The Lone
Ranger” was first broadcast on
WXYZ radio in Detroit.
Jan. 21: ON THIS DATE in
1793, King Louis XVI of France
was executed on the guillotine by
revolutionaries. In 1976, a pair of
supersonic Concorde passenger
jets made their maiden flights from
Britain and France.
Jan. 22: ON THIS DATE in
1968, the comedy show “Rowan
and Martin’s Laugh-In” premiered
on NBC-TV. In 1973, the U.S.
Supreme Court handed down its
Roe vs. Wade decision, which
legalized abortion using a trimester approach.
Jan. 23: ON THIS DATE in
1849, English-born Elizabeth
Blackwell became the first woman
in America to receive a doctorate in medicine from the Medical
Institution of Geneva, N.Y. In 1973,
President Nixon announced an
accord to end the Vietnam War.
Jan. 24: ON THIS DATE in
1848, sawmill builder James
Marshall’s find of gold in a
branch of the Sacramento River
near Coloma, Calif., set off the
California Gold Rush. In 1965, Sir
Winston Churchill, Britain’s iconic
wartime prime minister, died at
age 90.
Jan. 25: ON THIS DATE in
1533, King Henry VIII of England
and Anne Boleyn were married.
She was the second of his six
wives and the mother of Queen
Elizabeth I. In 1971, Charles
Manson and three female followers were found guilty of murder
and conspiracy in the 1969 slayings of seven people.
Answer to last week’s question: This week in 1771, Spain
ceded the Falkland Islands to
Great Britain.
This week’s question: In 1847,
the California city of Yerba Buena
got its present-day name. What
is it?
Around the world editorial cartooning is a dangerous profession, and
censorship is real.
Cartoonists in China selfcensor, never drawing the Chinese
president; cartoonists in Cuba have
never drawn Fidel Castro. Our
cartoonists in Singapore tell me
they can draw whatever they want,
as long as it isn’t about Singapore.
Government censorship is so
common around the world that calls
for red lines seem reasonable to
many.
Editorial cartoons are more important around the world than they are
in America. Charlie Hebdo is a top
magazine in France; it is on newsstands everywhere; the top French
cartoonists vie to be on the pages of
Charlie Hebdo and a second, satirical paper, Le Canard Enchainé (the
“Unchained Duck”).
Sadly, there are no similar publications on American newsstands.
Visitors to Cairo are greeted by
dozens of newspapers, most with
editorial cartoons on the front page.
Editorial cartooning has a much
stronger tradition in the romance
language and Arabic speaking countries, where editorial cartoonists are
among the most influential voices in
society. It is no surprise that editorial
cartoons are the flashpoint of a clash
of civilizations. The calls for cartoonists to self-censor are absurd. In a
free society, we will always have a
broad range of voices.
Extremist cartoonists are effec-
tively censored when there are no
publications willing to convey their
rants - and no audiences who want
to see their offensive work.
Cartoonists are constantly pushing the limits, with editors guarding
the red lines, pushing back.
Cartoonists respond to intolerance with ridicule. Typically, timid
editors respond to intolerance with
too much restraint.
There should be no “red lines,”
just good judgment. Editors should
show more bravery. The cartoonists
are already brave; we need more
editors who cover our backs.
Stop asking cartoonists about red
lines. Ask editors about red lines.
Ask the editors to be more brave.
Daryl Cagle is an editorial cartoonist who runs the
CagleCartoons.com newspaper
syndicate distributing editorial cartoons to more than 850 newspapers
around the world including the paper
you are reading now; he is a past
president of the National Cartoonists
Society. Comments to Daryl may
be sent to [email protected]. Read
Daryl’s blog at www.darylcagle.com.
Bulletin Crossword Puzzle of the Week
Solutions on the right side of this page
In memory of Greg Wilkinson
Down
1 Sonata ending
2 Inland Asian sea
3 “Casablanca” heroine
4 Diamond gem
5 Santa Barbara-to-Las Vegas dir.
6 Marching band percussion instruments
7 Freeway division
8 Unusual
9 Snits
10 Accounted for, as during calculations
11 36-Across’ second son
12 Steak request
15 Diarist Frank
17 Nothing, in Nice
18 50-and-over org.
23 Critter before or after pack
25 Fall in folds
26 Plane tracker
27 Made “talent” from “latent,” e.g.
28 Prima __
29 1980 De Niro film about a boxer
31 Clown heightener
32 Camp shelters
35 British heavy metal band with the
album “Ace of Spades”
37 Not as tight as before
41 Cavity filler’s org.
43 Census gathering
44 Regard
46 Research sites
48 Revered entertainer
49 Naked
50 Inventor’s spark
52 Bone-dry
53 Gave for a while
54 Roughly
56 506, in old Rome
57 Bikini top
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Complete the grid so each row, column
and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains
every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to
solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.
Solutions
Boggle Answers
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36 Eden exile
37 Thorax organs
19 Jai __
Across
38 Thor’s father
20 Fury
1 Michael who plays Alfred in many
39 Book part
21 Baseball legend Mickey
Batman movies
40 Former Atlanta arena
22 It has a trunk but no wheels
6 Mess maker
41 Lopsided
24 Layered cookie
10 Remote
42 Make a typo
25 Use a mouse to move a file
13 Lightweight synthetic
43 List of behavioral recommendabetween folders, say
14 Nothing, in Nicaragua
tions
30 Queue between Q and U
15 Scheme in which three of four
45 Cry of dismay
33 Charged, infantry-style
lines rhyme
47 Ten-speed unit
34 The Beatles’ “Abbey __”
16 First two reindeer named in
48 Prisoner
35 Administer, as justice, with “out”
Rudolph’s song
50 “How can __ sure?”
51 Ring of light
55 2003 prequel subtitled “When
Harry Met Lloyd”
58 Many Keats poems
59 Stunt rider Knievel
60 Sprinkles or drizzles
61 Was in first
62 “Don’t touch that __!”
63 Supplement
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ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Put a positive spin on your
appearance this week. Change
your clothing style or haircut.
You’re likely to attract people
who are a good influence on
you or who can help you make a
MR. MORRIS
success.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
You’ll have better luck using
leniency in the week ahead. A bit
of compassion and sympathy will
work much better in sticky situations than being strict, exacting
and disapproving.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
The most favorable results are
readily apparent. Play or converse with others in the week
ahead to gain their trust and
assistance. You might easily
develop firm supporters for the
future.
By Rick Brooks
week could cause frustration.
True lovebirds will get together
for a mutual preening session.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21): Get some extra sleep in the
week ahead, as your schedule
could become complicated.
Avoid passing on gossip; what
you say could carry weight and
you might be tagged as the
source.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19): You can beat your chest in
the week ahead. Enjoy opportunities to take pride in your success and share it with those in
your inner circle. Your drive and
ambition have no bounds.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
Picky people might put you in
your place during the upcoming
week. Avoid being demanding,
aggressive, or overly competitive and you can avoid becoming
embroiled in a personal controversy.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Focus on lasting values and
long-term results in the week to
come. The quick fix or the easy
way out might have hidden problems that end up causing more
work or bother in the long run.
Jumble Answers
Jumbles: OUOTA AVAIL JAILED FUSION
Answer: The kind of safe the beer vendor held near the end of the game - “LIQUID-ATION”
B u l l e t i n H o ro s co p e
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Take advantage of clear intellect to balance the checkbook
or research hard facts. New
procedures or technology can
make your life easier in the week
ahead if you’ll just give them a
try.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
Advertise your best qualities to
gain recognition in the upcoming
week. Sociable old dogs won’t
necessarily learn new tricks, but
friendly tails are wagging, especially in the workplace.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
When there’s a job to be done,
you roll up your sleeves and dive
right in. If you take pride in your
accomplishments and display a
“can do” attitude, you’re unlikely
to fail this week.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
The little details add up to a lot.
Listen to the well-intentioned
advice of others in the week to
come. Your favorite someone
could become testy if overworked or subjected to criticism.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
Set the bar high, but not too
high. Trying to attain impossible
to reach heights of perfection this
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