2013 as seen by Auth — a year of editorial cartoons

2013 was a parade of social, political and financial conflicts to document in pictures.

Consider the following highlights:

A once-principled Republican Party hijacked by the mad-as-a-hatter Tea Party
The ongoing danger to professional football players from repeated brain injury
The National Rifle Association’s shoot-’em-up attitude toward gun control
President Barack Obama up to his neck in government leaks
Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett’s continued combative attitude toward same-sex marriage
New Jersey’s recent welcoming of marriage equality
The GOP’s incessant attempts to kill affordable health care for all Americans
An embarrasingly troubled launch for the health care law’s online marketplace
Global warming denial
Nelson Mandela’s legacy
The failure of Congress to secure a safety net for working Americans knocked out by financial crises outside of their control
The sweep and secrecy of the NSA and its just desserts in the form of Edward Snowden
The shame of Monsignor William Lynn’s overturned conviction