“If politicians think there are tipping points and the world hasn’t collapsed thus far, then it encourages policies that continue to degrade our world. If there isn’t a catastrophe so far, why worry?”
In the lead-up to a political cartoon and satire festival on Duke’s campus this fall, members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists have agreed to let Campaign Stop republish their work. Today’s work is produced by the Charlotte Observer’s Kevin Siers, who joined the paper in 1987 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 2014.
Climate Change Policies
Ecosystems cannot be managed without consensus on human impact
“If politicians think there are tipping points and the world hasn’t collapsed thus far, then it encourages policies that continue to degrade our world. If there isn’t a catastrophe so far, why worry?”
National Geographic
Voter disaffection, as American as apple pie
Partisanship History
Commentary: Don’t fret over unrest
A Duke historian writes that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are just the latest manifestations of America's long tradition of voter angst.
Salon
Jack Zhou on the politics of climate change
GOP Convention
‘Pence has a definite value’
Newsday
Christopher Gergen on breaking down community barriers
Terrorism
Analyzing the terror attack in France
Freedom Action Network (36:30 mark)
GOP Convention
Political cartoonists at Duke Sept. 21-24
In the lead-up to a political cartoon and satire festival on Duke’s campus this fall, members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists have agreed to let Campaign Stop republish their work. Today’s work is produced by the Charlotte Observer’s Kevin Siers, who joined the paper in 1987 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 2014.
The Charlotte Observer
Dallas Shooting
Why didn’t Dallas police use nonlethals?
Lawfire
Stephen Kelly on false immigration statistics