Oliphant
Americannoun
noun
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Retiree Pattie Oliphant bemoaned the “sad state of affairs” for Carney, his family and the office of mayor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Oliphant and Gerstenzang are former Times staff writers.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025
In a career spanning 61 years, over 10,000 cartoons, 24 illustrated collections and one Pulitzer, Oliphant established himself as one of the world’s preeminent political cartoonists.
From Salon • Sep. 5, 2025
Musing on movies about the nuclear threat and broader Cold War issues, Oliphant taps into his years as an ’80s high school student who could not learn to stop worrying and love the bomb.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2024
Immediately upon landing in Washington, Oliphant called on Briggs, only to learn in dismay that “this inarticulate and unimpressive man had put the reports in his safe” without even showing them to his own committee.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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