They’re all related

War, recession, oil prices and an election about flag pins and bowling scores -- times couldn’t be better for cartoonists. We could almost be forgiven for bypassing a tragi-drama in the hinterlands. But Bob Englehart fashioned a provocative piece on women’s attire and veiled threats to freedom. Sandy Huffaker put the presumptive GOP nominee to the DNA test. And Nick Anderson penned a sobering reminder of what the children of the fundamentalist Mormon sect truly face. -- Joel Pett