Here's a cartoon and an editorial for July 4, or any time

"As much as the news media may rub some the wrong way, it is frightening to think of a society with no free press," says the lobbying group America’s Newspapers. All news media, have a vested interest in helping the public understand the essential role of journalism in a democratic republic. The group offers for the July 4 weekend an opinion piece by CEO Dean Ridings and an excellent editorial cartoon, above.

The editorial concludes, "On this Independence Day, all Americans should renew our commitment to Jefferson’s description of the United States as “a country which is afraid to read nothing, and which may be trusted with anything, so long as its reason remains unfettered by law.”