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Editorial Cartoon | May 19, 2019

A summer job has become a rite of passage for American teenagers. From scooping ice cream to lifeguarding at the community pool, summer jobs have allowed teens to earn some extra cash before heading back to school in the fall.

Editorial Cartoon | May 17, 2019

So as long as the City of Kingman has little dreams of the airport, why should anyone else take interest?

The new policies aren’t “one size fits all.” Instead, they’re tailored for different types of Medicare prescription opioid users.

Companies are springing up to offer package deals that are almost exactly like traditional two-person weddings.

Editorial Cartoon | May 16, 2019

Valley Fever has increased: Has anyone ever looked at the correlation of disturbed soil from all the farming operations way out on Stockton Hill Road and around Valle Vista as the cause of increased cases of Valley Fever?

As his limo carried him to work at the White House Monday, Larry Kudlow could not have been pleased with the headline in The Washington Post: “Kudlow Contradicts Trump on Tariffs.”

When a shot is fired, when there is an accident on the road, when there is an emergency, without fail the badges in blue show up for us. They strap a gun to their hip every day, leave their loved ones, and go out into our communities to keep us safe and secure. Every day they stand guard against those who break the law.

This is in response to your April 15 article by Don Martin, “Sportsmen better start writing to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission.

Editorial Cartoon | May 15, 2019

Prom season is upon us. We all know what that means: More American adults are doing their proms all over again.

Editorial Cartoon | May 14, 2019

Perhaps because I was already peeved by the photos of the Met Gala’s vulgar display that were plastered all over the Twitterverse, I found myself further annoyed by promoted commercials in my Twitter feed pitching Coco Crush jewelry from Chanel, and “T” bracelets and other wearable trinkets from Tiffany & Co.

As is the case elsewhere in the country, refugee resettlement slowed in Erie under the Trump White House.

The volunteers and Disabled American Veterans riders would like to say goodbye and thank you to our friend and fellow volunteer, Jim Zachman, who recently passed away.

Editorial Cartoon | May, 13, 2019

Joe Biden did Donald Trump a huge favor when he announced his presidential run with a campaign ad that featured the tragedy of Charlottesville as a central theme. I don’t think he meant to, because the obvious intention was to paint the current occupant of the White House as a racist who thinks some neo-Nazis are good people.

For all those who keep saying it can’t get any weirder, this is on you. Haven’t we learned not to taunt the gods? Like those good people whose only motivation for voting for Donald Trump was to shake things up. Are we shook up enough yet?

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Happy Mother's Day

Mom and I are very different.

After I started working at a convenience market during high school, it irked me when the boss stood at the back of the store and presumed to judge my productivity solely by the rhythm of the cash register.

Regardless of our upbringing, we are free to choose who we are and who we want to become.