THEY who grow sad over our lack of imaginative insight into the finer meanings of existence, and our consequent barrenness in imaginative creation, may find themselves rebuked, and delightfully ...

The origin of American national icon Uncle Sam is more mysterious than one might believe. There were theories about the origin of the name as a personification of the U.S. government as early as 1816.

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Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City, defeating former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Mamdani, a Democratic ...

National Comics was an anthology comic book series published by Quality Comics, from 1940 for nine years and is best known for Will Eisner's Uncle Sam character that appeared in the first issue, as ...

Who’s your Uncle Sam? On Sept. 13, the U.S. recognizes Uncle Sam Day to commemorate Sam Wilson, the man behind the iconic image and fascinating nickname for the United States government who was born ...

Inflation rises to 8.3 percent even as gas prices drop sharply. Review-Journal editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a three-time winner of the Sigma ...

To the Editor: The editorial cartoon of Aug. 25 was the most disgusting, distasteful piece of journalism I’ve seen in quite some time. In this era of legislation against “divisive concepts” in our ...