A gem from the archive

Here at FP, we like to think that we’re occasionally ahead of the curve on important issues. Sometimes, we’re WAY ahead of the curve – 30 years or so. That’s why we’re delighted to unearth this editorial cartoon from our Winter 1975-76 issue: The great Herbert Block, the political cartoonist who lampooned every U.S. president from Herbert Hoover ...

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Here at FP, we like to think that we're occasionally ahead of the curve on important issues. Sometimes, we're WAY ahead of the curve - 30 years or so. That's why we're delighted to unearth this editorial cartoon from our Winter 1975-76 issue:

Here at FP, we like to think that we’re occasionally ahead of the curve on important issues. Sometimes, we’re WAY ahead of the curve – 30 years or so. That’s why we’re delighted to unearth this editorial cartoon from our Winter 1975-76 issue:

The great Herbert Block, the political cartoonist who lampooned every U.S. president from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush and coined the term “McCarthyism,” is to blame.

Carolyn O'Hara is a senior editor at Foreign Policy.
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