The Conscience of the Country: Herblock's Influential Ink Bottle
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"On April 17, 1995, American terrorist Timothy McVeigh assisted by Terry Nichols and others, blasted a truck filled with five thousand pounds of ammonium nitrate..."

Process Paper

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"By the spring of 1974, almost two years after the initial Watergate burglary, President Richard Nixon remained in the White House."

Bibliography

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"Herblock wrote: 'Depreciation in dollars, in products, and in entertainment has also extended to education...It produced graduates who can hardly make their way through a phone book or figure the cost of four twenty-five cent items in a grocery store.'"

Footnotes

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"Around this time, Herblock wrote: 'There are a lot of people in groups who oppose immigration who would, I suppose, be somewhat shocked at the suggestion that many of the newer arrivals to this country are better Americans than some of the old-line inhabitants...'"

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Cartoons and captions courtesy of The Herb Block Foundation
Aditi Dinakar and Andrew Boge
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