This volume highlights such newsworthy events as the presidential election, the Bicentennial celebration, the Olympics in Montreal, the Wayne Hays scandal, swine flu, and the energy crisis. ABOUT THE EDITOR Editor Charles Brooks is past president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and for 38 years was a cartoonist for the Birmingham News. He has been the recipient of 13 Freedom Foundation Awards, a national VFW Award, two Vigilante Patriot Awards, and a Sigma Delta Chi Award for editorial cartooning.