Hot flashes

Editorial cartoonists are a smoldering lot, hot under the collar most days, consumed with a burning desire to scorch something, or at least spark a little controversy. Matt Davies’ rescue crew was little help to the towering healthcare inferno. I targeted the creepy camo-ammo town hall crowd. (When free speech and guns form a combustible mix, call me a flaming liberal.) And Mark Streeter’s tinder-dry wit hit Angelenos close to home. That’s what I’d call playing with fire.

-- Joel Pett