Early Cartoons in the United States

.... Their cartoons were either published in collections of humorous art or reproduced and sold as flyers. A notable early cartoon was "Gerrymander," a protest against unfair political districting, which appeared in 1812.   During the 1820s American cartooning received new impetus from developments in lithography that made the reproduction of drawings easier and cheaper and from the ...

Supreme Court fucks up, twice

So, the US Supreme Court has ruled that schools can not bus students or otherwise determine districting with race as a factor. Welcome back segregated schools. The court was split 5-4 on the decision, along conservative/liberal lines. The court also overturned an almost 90 year old anti-trust law. Manufacturers are no longer prohibitted from setting minimum sale prices for their items. This ...

... elections, I vote even though I do not believe my vote matters. I have clearly defined views for improving our country's election process ( Condorcet voting , Electoral College removal, automated districting, open voting machines), though I'm too apathetic to do anything about it. In elementary school, I regularly saw an in-school speech therapist because few people could understand me on ...