Opinion

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.

Opinion: Parties must call out extremism

It’s starting to sound like we’re in the middle of the Spanish Civil War. For those of you who forgot, the Spanish Civil War was the great prequel to World War II, in which the combatants were proxies for the communists and the fascists. Stalin’s Soviet Union supported the former, ...

Opinion: An exhausting Fourth of July weekend from Trump

The Trump whirling dervish has come and gone to Turkey — to demand NATO hand over Greenland! — leaving Washington exhausted by his wild Fourth of July displays. But first, it was so great to see legions of World Cup soccer fans all over the world, at all hours, cheering on their ...

Opinion: Trump resorts to red-baiting

Trump has run out of cards to play in the midterm elections, which is why he’s now talking about the “communist menace.” He can’t talk about the economy, because prices continue to rise faster than wages, which means most Americans are getting poorer. He can’t talk about foreign ...

Opinion: The battle over America’s history

It is unfortunate but also ironically appropriate that national efforts to celebrate the nation’s birth have been rattled by internal disputes over how that birth should be celebrated. “Who controls the past controls the future,” wrote George Orwell in “1984.” “Who controls the ...

Opinion: The battle over America’s history

It is unfortunate but also ironically appropriate that national efforts to celebrate the nation’s birth have been rattled by internal disputes over how that birth should be celebrated. “Who controls the past controls the future,” wrote George Orwell in “1984.” “Who controls the ...