Comic Strips in newspapers have always been a way for differing views of the current cultural and political environment to be presented. I was never a “Doonesbury” fan and missed out on some very good commentary on life.

            A good political strip must be like “Gulliver’s Travels” which was an outside of the box shot at the government and royalty in England. It poked fun at the political system without many readers really seeing the point at first reading. Imagine how fast the point would have been seen if Facebook had been available a couple of centuries ago.

            Today papers have two great commentary strips I read each day. One that is very obvious is “Prickly City” by Scott Stantis. It crucifies President Trump and his policies in every strip. They make it clear the Emperor has no clothes! It would be difficult to be a Trump Fan and read that strip every day.

            “Animal Crackers” by Mike Osbun is very subtle in his points but most readers should see his reasoning. 

            The best one in today’s paper is “For Better or Worse” by Lynn Johnston in the April 9^th issue of the Chicago Tribune. A little girl and her older sister are having a serious discussion on the porch steps. The little girl was listing all the places she wants to go and animals to see. Then she asked her sister “Will all those things be around when I get there?”

How many kids today are wondering the same thing? How will their parents respond to that question? How would you respond?