Far from Calm but Carrying On

Attribution: Churchill Quote on American Resolve by Bob Englehart

Bob Englehart was the editorial cartoonist for the Hartford Courant for 35 years when his job was eliminated by the hedge fund that bought the newspaper. Before that, he worked for Chicago Today, the Journal-Gazette in Ft. Wayne, IN and the Journal Herald in Dayton, OH. He studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago on scholarship. His progressive editorial cartoons have been distributed all over the world by CagleCartoons.com for nearly 20 years.

His Cohn Incarnate

Cartoon Attribution: Mike Konopacki

Mike Konopacki (born c. 1951) is an American political cartoonist from Wisconsin, best known for his labor-focused editorial cartoons and co‑founding the Huck/Konopacki Labor Cartoons syndicate

Sunday Serendipity

Cello Concerto in Bβ™­ major (G 482) by Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini

Cello solo performed by Xavier Phillips

From Wikipedia:

Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini[; 19 February 1743 β€“ 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and galante style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major classical musical centers.

He is best known for the minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275), and the Cello Concerto in Bβ™­ major (G 482).

Enjoy, Jack

Perpetual Motion Machine of Politics

Attribution: Election Season Never Truly Ends by Dave Whamond

Dave Whamonds work has appeared in magazines and newspapers including Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, Readers Digest and many more. He has won 7 Silver Reubens from the National Cartoonists Society and several book awards. Dave has written and/or illustrated over 50 books and his syndicated comic, “Reality Check”, has appeared in newspapers since 1995.

SURF’S UP!

Attribution: Lady Liberty Rides Blue Wave by Jeff Koterba

Wiki: Jeffrey Koterba, born May 6, 1961, in Omaha, Nebraska, is a prominent editorial cartoonist known for his moderate and insightful cartoons that have appeared in over 850 publications globally through Cagle Cartoons . He began drawing editorial cartoons in high school and continued at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, contributing to the college newspaper, the Gateway, and local papers like the Bellevue Leader . After college, he worked part-time for the Kansas City Star before joining the Omaha World-Herald in 1989, where he served as the editorial cartoonist until 2020

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