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Tax return issue won’t go away

In the summer and fall of 1993, I served as press secretary for the gubernatorial campaign of Christie Todd Whitman of New Jersey. Anyone who was around then will recall the issue — virtually the...

DATE: Aug. 11, 2012 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

The illogical Harvard Law bias

The American Bar Association reported there were 1.2 million lawyers in the U.S. as of 2010, while the official U.S. population was determined to be 308 million people. So that’s about one lawyer...

DATE: July 14, 2012 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

Undecided? About what?

Presidential campaigns have become obscenely expensive, last far too long, and seem to bring out the worst in cable-TV hosts. But the real shame is that the next president will be chosen by...

DATE: May 28, 2012 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

Certainties about the 2012 election

Who needs TV with its bad acting when we can watch the Oval Office race between President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney? The overheated rhetoric and overdramatized...

DATE: May 12, 2012 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

It’s taxing, but worthwhile

It’s time to pay the IRS a nice chunk of our earnings again. It’s the annual April reminder that we turn over part of our hard-earned money in a nod to the ideals of democracy. A lot of Americans...

DATE: April 14, 2012 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

Consider a cross-party ticket

Here’s a dramatic way we might break through the partisan gridlock and mutual demonization that dominate our politics these days: President Barack Obama, the top Democrat, should ditch his vice...

DATE: Jan. 21, 2012 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

What to watch for in 2012

The political pundits and psychics — which most assuredly are almost the same if you look at many pundits' actual track records — are now making self-assured predictions or poking fun at psychic...

DATE: Jan. 10, 2012 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

The best circus in Iowa

This year we’ve seen it all. Protest movements have swept the world, as people from Cairo to Cleveland have stood up against oligarchy and its kissing cousin venality. Osama bin Laden, the...

DATE: Dec. 31, 2011 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

Yes, Virginia, there is a center

DEAR COLUMNIST: I am 8 years old.Some of my little friends say there is no political center in America.Papa says “If you see it in that Cagle column, it’s so.”Please tell me the truth: Is there a...

DATE: Dec. 22, 2011 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

The absence of faith

There’s a controversy swirling around Denver Broncos’ quarterback, Tim Tebow, who has been taking the opportunity to thank Jesus Christ during football games. It should be noted that Tebow is doing...

DATE: Dec. 13, 2011 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

Who’s in charge here?

The Congressional Super Committee of Twelve has failed to put together a plan to save the country’s fiscal butt before the January 2013 deadline. Despite having specially mandated super powers to...

DATE: Nov. 29, 2011 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

Savor every second of Thanksgiving

This year I can’t think of Thanksgiving without thinking of Barry Manilow’s melancholy song “Tryin’ To Get The Feeling Again.”Google news items about “Thanksgiving,” and amidst the tofu turkey...

DATE: Nov. 24, 2011 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

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