John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to run on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.

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Save Our Books! by Peter Funt DENVER — A protest by students at the University of Denver is eye-opening because of how it is being conducted, what it has so far achieved and, most of all, what it concerns. Students here are demanding more books. Activism at DU has a rich history, including the anti-war protest in 1970 known as Woodstock West, and the earlier Coffee Break Riot of 1965. In the ’65 incident, passion was roused after the administration ended the morning coffee break, a 50-minute...

Tributes are pouring in for Apple’s Steve Jobs. And cartoonists honor him the best way they know how — with memorable cartoons. Here are four of them: David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Star Martin Sutovec, Slovakia Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons These cartoons are copyrighted and licensed to run on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.

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Amanda Knox: A Cautionary Tale Making Sense, by Michael Reagan From now on, parents who plan to send their children abroad to study in a foreign nation should sit them down in front of the TV set and watch replays of the Amanda Knox saga. It has all the elements of a true-to-life lesson in the dangers of turning young men and women barely out of their teens into innocents abroad. Youngsters — and many parents — are clueless when it comes to the customs and laws in other countries that...

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Prom-Queen Anguish by Will Durst It’s human nature. We mostly want what we can’t have. Grass is greener. The romantic lure of the unattainable. Knowledge that high school girls have long-since weaponized. Nothing entices a hormonally imbalanced freshman like flouncing down a crowded hall, laughing through a gaggle of friends with a flip of the pony-tail and nary a backwards glance. Of course, a short skirt doesn’t hurt. Same holds true in politics. A short skirt doesn’t hurt....

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Media Distortion: Newspapers Rarely Mention Suicides by Tina Dupuy I asked a reporter at Unnamed Major Metropolitan Newspaper why they don’t cover suicides. Why is it that traditionally in the press there’s a veil of silence draped over taking your own life? He said it’s because they don’t want to encourage the behavior. The concern is if they report on it, others will copy. There’s no such apprehension when it comes to covering homicides, but I digress. “Plus...

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Nader Just Won’t Learn by Peter Funt Despite nagging evidence to the contrary, Ralph Nader is basically a smart guy. Certainly he’s aware of the damage he wrought in 2000 by taking enough votes from Al Gore to hand the presidency to George W. Bush. So, you would assume he would never again gamble with the nation’s highest office. But Nader is back, telling anyone with a microphone that he’d like a clutch of Democrats, perhaps a half-dozen, to challenge President Obama for...

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The Bachmannization of the GOP by Cliff Schecter To fully comprehend the sad spectacle that has become American politics since the 1980s, you need not peruse the politics section of major periodicals. Or the opinion, news or business pages of illustrious publications. No, lately you’d be best served by heading on over to the obituary section. For example, this past week, a legislative giant from an earlier and more evolved Republican Party–that is to say, one in which dazzling audiences...

Hang Together or Hang Alone by Michael Reagan There’s one sure way for Republicans and conservatives to lose the 2012 presidential election — split over who their presidential nominee will be, and fail to go all-out to support the winner. People keep asking me, “What would your father, Ronald Reagan, do?” The answer is easy. No matter who the nominee is, he or she would get his support. After all, his famous “11th Commandment” demanded that Republicans support...

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Trickle-Up Economics Raging Moderate, by Will Durst It’s all a dance, really. A Democratic president summons the gumption to call for higher taxes on the rich and Republicans cry like third graders having their ice cream taken away and given to the neighbor’s dog. Invoking the hoariest of chestnuts — that oldie but goodie — as predictable as mushy, green grapes in a fruit salad: The Class War Boogie. For some reason, it’s always a war with these guys. The War on Christmas....

All The World’s a Stage by Peter Funt With modern media, know this: you can run off at the mouth, but you can’t hide. It’s surprising how many media-savvy folks fail to grasp that. Some politicians still think they can say things in the hinterlands and not have the remarks rebound on the Internet. Some pundits believe they can let loose in relatively small corners of the blogosphere, or on local radio stations, and not be taken to task as they would in larger national forums. Those...