Opinion Page Not Place for National Editoons
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The weekly Alexandria Times, based just a few miles from Capitol Hill,
has decided it will no longer print editorial cartoons about national issues:
The start of a new year brings new beginnings. Individuals make resolutions. Companies plan ahead. Changes are made…
There are exciting new beginnings at the Times as well.
The most immediately visible change is the absence of an editorial cartoon on this page. Since the Times is both hyper-local and stridently non-partisan, the presence of a national-focused cartoon has always been an anomaly.
We have heard from many of you through the years questioning our decision to run cartoons that focus on national issues. Our perhaps old-fashioned belief that an editorial cartoon completes opinion pages is what led us to keep running a nationally syndicated cartoon.
The national nastiness of last year was part of the impetus to drop the cartoon now. We are, however, open to running occasional cartoons that focus on local issues. Interested readers with an art background are welcome to send a submission to letters@alextimes.com.
A look at the paper’s December 2020 archives show Robert Ariail was their cartoonist of choice.
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