Political cartoons — one of our favorite means of editorial expression — spilled over into regular news stories and opinion pieces this past week, thanks to the racist rant of 'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams. Much to our delight, his colleagues have skewered him unmercifully, and you see a representative sample in this week's collection. We also have a column that takes a quick look back at previous bans on other cartoonists and offers some perspective on what Adams got so wrong.

Our selection of the best we've seen during the previous seven days:

Have a great week! 

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