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.
Estate sales are a newer thrifting experience for me. I’ve always loved to shop at Goodwill and hunt for designer labels and hidden treasures, but estate sales have a different feel. I’d never gone to one until my mom got a house in Florida. The local retirement communities have estate ...
Polls being what they are, Republicans and their supporters must be feeling a bit like the condemned Frenchmen who rode to the guillotine during the Reign of Terror. It’s fitting, then, that they are seizing on unrest in France as a desperate campaign gambit. “The Riots in France Are a ...
Arguments over immigration can be smart or misguided, but they are always complicated. Let’s start with an annoying one. Donald Trump’s ramp-up of immigration arrests has hit the construction industry, much of whose labor force is undocumented. Employers of such workers are blaming the ...
On Monday, France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nunez admitted that police have “lost control” as some cities continue to see massive waves of looting and mayhem. Social media brims with images of stores being ransacked, cars burning, and mask-wearing goons running wild. In Limoges, the ...
The federal government just closed fiscal year 2026 with a deficit of nearly $2 trillion, according to figures the Congressional Budget Office released earlier this month. Only the two pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 were worse. Today, though, there is no recession and no emergency. These ...
Once upon a time, a theory made waves in political science courses that it didn’t matter who the president was because the U.S. government was so mighty that it would run itself without any one person in charge. That’s ridiculous. I hope that professor lived to see what hell we’re ...