Editorial Cartoons by Rob Tornoe

I’m off through July 23 for some much needed rest and relaxation. I'll be heading up to Niagara Falls and Buffalo, and then down to wine country.

Talk amongst yourselves while I'm gone. I'll give you a topic. The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire. Discuss.

Hillsboro retired farmer and businessman Jeff Duyck was forced to drop his candidacy for House District 29 because it turns out elections officials have been mistakenly telling him for years that he lives in the district.

Telecom immunity. Public financing. Faith-based initiatives. NAFTA. Just words?

Using Karl Rove like tactics backfired for Senate candidate Jeff Merkley. Maybe he should just stick to the issues from now on.

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What did Hillary Clinton say to Barack Obama to cause him to react in such a concerned way?

And why is Bill Clinton there looking for the fist bump?

Click here to view the winners and runner-ups from this week's cartoon caption contest.

If anyone can figure out what Gordon Smith is trying to say in the following video, post you comments below or send me an email, because I'm totally confused.

Care to come up with a caption for this cartoon? Click more for the rules and prizes!

After yesterday's 5-4 ruling by the Supreme Court, are we only one justice away from a court sanctioned dictatorship?

Another day, another topic that John McCain can't seem to separate himself from the President on.