Our baby-faced artist photographed during WWII. So I’ll stick to one post for the nonce ( Shel and Tom will have to wait) and feature one of history’s greatest soldier cartoonists, William Henry “Bill” Mauldin (1921-2003), twice recipient of the Pulitzer Prize (1945, 1958), the Legion of Merit… and a host of other distinctions, both military and civilian. I was all set to cobble together a series of posts showcasing the work of S&S’s greatest cartoonists, but then the massively unpopular decision was just as abruptly reversed. » - Calvin CoolidgeĪh, the pitfalls of anchoring yourself to the news cycle: given the shocking news, last week, of the impending, unjustified closure of one of the greatest American journalistic institutions, the independent military daily newspaper The Stars and Stripes (founded in 1861!). Where ever the cause of liberty is making its way, one of its highest accomplishments is the guarantee of the freedom of the press. « Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.
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