The latest Cartoons,/cartoons,,cartoons, breaking news, comment, reviews and features from the experts at The Week. ... Political Cartoons; Political Cartoon U.S. Ben Franklin congress democracy.

(Benjamin Franklin [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons) A rare piece of newspaper history connected to Benjamin Franklin is up for auction this week. “Join, or Die” is a political cartoon showing a ...

Throughout history, world powers have funded wars in which they have no direct involvement. (Stares in our current moment.) In 1776, Benjamin Franklin hoped to convince France to do just that when ...