I come up with way more Catholic jokes than you’ll ever see in the paper.

I was particularly angry when I sketched this. I don’t remember if there was an unusually high number of freshly fallen soldiers’ photos in the paper, or maybe one of the bios that struck me in a personal way, but it was probably wise that no papers decided to publish this.

Editor and Publisher has a new story in which Arizona Republic cartoonist Steve Benson more or less accuses Mitt Romney of trying to subject the United States of America to Mormon rule.

In his talk, Romney said “I believe in my Mormon faith” while also noting that the church’s “teachings” would not influence his decisions if elected president.

“Yeah, right,” responded Benson.

… He said “Romney, like all ‘temple Mormons,’ made his secret vows using Masonic-derived handshakes, passwords, and symbolic death oaths that he promised in the temple never to reveal to the outside world” — and that Romney also secretly vowed to devote his “time, talents” and more “to the building of the Mormon religion on earth.”

You don’t often see someone in the media calling out another religion like that, at least not this side of Glenn Beck taking on the Muslims.

read the rest of the story…

Sadly, no newspapers wanted to try this one.

When Jim Rose stepped down as the Voice of the Huskers, it was big news. I wonder if he regretted the decision?

This one could probably still run today, and any other day for the foreseeable future, for that matter.

I just loved when stories came out that theaters were having to adjust because of how ethanol was driving up the cost of corn.

This cartoon was several editors’ second favorite for several days, always to be kept on hand in case we needed it, until it just became too dated.

Not much to explain here, I suppose. Maybe the idea of a rat feces sandwich turned off editors? Regardless, I think the notion that the state shouldn’t regulate health concerns is pretty absurd when you think about it.