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Despite what they may still see or hear this holiday season, Santa Claus has given up smoking, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf

The thieves in this case took things a step further by moving the security cameras to make sure no one caught them.

View the comic strip for Candorville by cartoonist Darrin Bell created December 06, 2021 available on GoComics.com

Tens of thousands of Georgia teachers and state employees are getting good news on their health insurance costs for next year.

Dear reader, talk back, and I won’t eat this column June 28, 2021, 9:02 AM IST If Indian politics is a theatre, Tamil Nadu is a multiplex. Where cigarette flicks and dark glasses are the perennial symbols of style and substance, sycophancy does a tandava over psephology. And with the players ensconced in the ministerial thrones in Delhi, it is no longer just a southern delight. Arun Ram, Resident Editor, The Times of India, Tamil Nadu, who alternates between the balcony and ...

Matt Bors to interview him about his now-in-the-past editorial cartooning career and what he plans for the future. I was motivated from the beginning to say something political about what was going on—originally, that was the Iraq war, and that turned into other things over the years. I had grown tired of it at various points in time, because following the news and social media constantly can be pretty draining. But I was pretty successful and fairly good at it, so it became automatic for me ...

‘Love the environment and your family hard enough to fight for it.’: ‘Mark Trail’ celebrates 75th birthday "Mark Trail," a popular environmental comic strip, is passing the torch to cartoonist Jules Rivera. Photo courtesy King Features Syndicate Seventy-five years ago, the late Ed Dodd of Gainesville featured his first comic strip of “Mark Trail.”  Mark Trail is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Today, a Latina cartoonist...

New Mark Trail is ruining ‘Mark Trail’ Letter Share Reading the Morning Sentinel is a key part of my morning routine, and after reading about the woes of the world I look to the comics for a respite, a moment to be entertained with humor and, at times, contemplation. The old Mark Trail was part of that, the storyline a little corny and dated but he was a forthright, true-blue overall “good guy,” and if nothing else, the illustrations were beyond compare. The new Mark Trail? Awful! I ac...

Read Article DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Gray-New Gloucester High School Class of 1971 is planning a 50th reunion in New Gloucester on Saturday, Sept. 11. We’re looking for contact information for several classmates. If you have not received information on the reunion, please contact Mike or Lucinda Brakey at 998-2911 or [email protected]. — Lucinda, New Gloucester ANSWER: I’m happy to see that people are feeling optimistic about planning a gathering. I hope it works out so that high school cla...

Please get rid of unreadable ‘Mark Trail’ Letter Share “Mark Trail,” a longtime favorite of mine despite its agonizingly slow pace, has become unreadable. The storyline is soap opera-like, sophomoric, and unnecessarily violent. Today’s strip introduced a talking shark. What’s next, Mark Trail develops super powers? I can handle the modernized artwork, but the content has gone off the rails. I urge you to consider removing “Mark Trail” from the comics page and replace it with so...