Editorial cartoon for March 30, 2023

Editorial cartoonist Dave Granlund draws on the purpose of Memorial Day.

Editorial cartoonist Dave Granlund draws on the purpose of Memorial Day.

An editorial cartoon by Dave Granlund.

Editorial cartoonist Dave Granlund draws on the Republican Kevin McCarthy position on the U.S. debt ceiling.

Editorial cartoonist Dave Granlund draws on Martha Stewart's Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover.

Editorial cartoonist Dave Granlund draws on the continued pothole crisis around Minnesota.

An editorial cartoon by Dave Granlund.

Editorial cartoonist Dave Granlund draws on the writer's strike in the entertainment industry.

An editorial cartoon by Dave Granlund.

An editorial cartoon by Dave Granlund.

From the editorial: "The crisis of too-few-officers and too-few-applicants for law-enforcement openings continues."

Editorial cartoonist Rick McKee draws on the debt owed on Memorial Day.

From the editorial: The West lives amid two competing and contradictory narratives. We are the home of the pioneering, can-do spirit, where initiative and engineering can outthink Mother Nature and turn deserts into sparkling cities and emerald fields of kale and romaine (and almonds and pistachios). Or we’re thirsty fools who built our lives and fortunes on an evaporating resource.

The Memorial Day storm in 2022 that swept across South Dakota and Minnesota struck multiple communities and came close to home for West Central Tribune editor Kelly Boldan.

From the commentary: College grads not only make more money on average; they live longer, according to research.

"Come Holy Spirit, come. ... I wonder if that’s what Peter prayed for on the day that Pentecost occurred?"

From the commentary: The numbers: Republicans hold a House majority of only nine members, one of whom is the notorious George Santos. Biden won 18 of the districts currently held by Republicans. One can assume that many of their swing-voting constituents are most unhappy over the party's opposition to reproductive rights. They're sickened by its defense of lunatics' strutting through Walmarts with weapons of war.

From the commentary: If Florida Democrats find an acceptable candidate, they might just recapture the governorship. America probably doesn't want to become DeSantis' Florida. Florida may not like that either.

From the commentary: For now, parents have no choice but to do the best they can to protect children based on insights from experts and researchers.

From the editorial: No, this is about suppressing free speech. It’s about punishing political enemies using the power of the state. It’s about a nakedly ambitious, vindictive governor who can’t tolerate dissent.