The right has played hardball, and the aftermath may serve them up a twisted brew of real socialists, Republican haters, and ...

The Trump administration released a head-scratching cartoon of President Donald Trump working in a fast-food restaurant, ...

PEZ has released many Halloween-themed dispensers over the decades, but the green-faced Witch from the 1960s is one of the rarest. Made for a very short time and discontinued due to its spooky ...

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Gary Stout’s op-ed column published May 18 concerning President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office should be read by everyone who voted for him. It is right on the mark and was appropriately ...

The Donkey of Democracy antedates the Republican Elephant by more than four years. It was in the issue of Harper's Weekly for Jan. 15, 1870, that the long-eared animal dropped off the tip of Nast ...

The elephants which cartoonists have been using as a symbol for the Republican Party since 1874 are a satisfactory metaphor.*The G. O. P. is old (84), massive, retentive and, though powerful ...

Nast picked on Republicans as well as Democrats. In his Nov. 7, 1874 cartoon labeled “Third Term Panic,” Nast commented on Republican Ulysses Grant’s consideration of a third term as president.

As mentioned in the above quote, while the first Thomas Nast Republican elephant cartoon appeared in the Harper’s Weekly issue dated November 7, 1874, that edition of the magazine appeared on the ...

On Nov. 7, 1874, the first cartoon depicting the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party was printed in Harper's Weekly.

On November 7, 1874, the first cartoon depicting the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party was printed in Harper's Weekly. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI Nov. 7 (UPI) -- On this date in ...