The Washington Post, beginning Nov. 1, 2019, will allow its syndicated columns to appear only in print. The columns will still be available as part of our e-edition newspaper online, but they will not be available as separate pieces on our website, ljworld.com. These columnists include George Will, David Ignatius, Michael Gerson and others. This does not affect other columnists like Leonard Pitts, Mona Charen, Connie Schultz and Mark Shields, who are not affiliated with the Washington Post.
It is the ugliest scoreboard in America — which makes sense given that it is measuring politicians. Recent public polling by the Pew Research Center shows that 58% of Americans view the Republican Party unfavorably and 59% view the Democratic Party unfavorably. The scoreboard sucks not only ...
In the bad old crime days of New York City, I spent a Christmas Eve waiting outside an emergency room. Our foursome had been violently robbed in a subway station, and I was eager for the doctor’s report on one member who’d suffered a concussion fighting off a mugger. Because someone got ...
“That it is better 100 guilty persons should escape, than that one innocent person should suffer.” — Benjamin Franklin The hardest decision a government prosecutor may ever face is also one of the most important tests of the rule of law: What do you do when you believe a crime occurred, ...
“Botched” is a perfectly fine word for golf, cooking or home repair. It seems inadequate for the taking of a life, even the life of Christa Pike, a heinous murderer. In 1996, a jury found Pike guilty of the torture and murder of her Jobs Corps classmate, Colleen Slemmer. Pike was sentenced ...
“The rich are different from you and me.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald I read two books in one weekend: “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson on Saturday, “Strangers” by Belle Burden on Sunday. They’re true stories, told well, about two countries, both inside America’s borders: Death Row ...
Where did this guy come from? How did a TV personality end up leading America’s defense department, especially in a time of war? Donald Trump put Pete Hegseth in charge of the Department of Defense. It’s now officially called the War Department, but I’m not ready to go there. In one ...
