Sep 22, 2024

The Sunday — September 22

This is the Tangle Sunday Edition, a brief roundup of our independent politics coverage plus some extra features for your Sunday morning reading.

What the right is doodling.

Gary Varvel | Creators Syndicate
Gary Varvel | Creators Syndicate

What the left is doodling.

Andy Marlette | Creators Syndicate
Andy Marlette | Creators Syndicate

Reader essay.

Downtown Folsom | Wayne Hsieh, Flickr
Downtown Folsom | Wayne Hsieh, Flickr

Sarah Norberg is a daughter of California’s Central Valley, in particular the town of Folsom. When we think of Folsom, we might think of the state penitentiary that Johnny Cash immortalized in his music. When Sarah thinks about her hometown, she sees a general shift of culture caused from transplants moving eastward from San Francisco Bay. Her piece describes the thoughts and feelings of someone who left the place they grew up and returned to find it fundamentally changed.