I read with interest the editorial by Gary Franks in the Sunday Times (Aug. 11). I had not realized the progressive gains accomplished under Republican leadership during past decades. However, ...

The Republican elephant was first seen in an 1874 cartoon by satirist and conservative cartoonist Thomas Nast of Harper's Weekly. "The elephant was a wing of the party that was stodgy and immobile ...

The Republican elephant (“the sluggish animal”) is lying on and blocking the road to an election victory. By 1880, other cartoonists had picked up the symbols and spread them across the country.

However, it needs to be stated clearly that today's Republican Party is not the party of Lincoln, Reagan, Bush, or Colin Powell. Today's Republican Party is a different animal entirely, and a ...