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.
To the editor: I live in Lawrence, Kansas, and am represented by Tracey Mann and Roger Marshall. Although Lawrence and Western Kansas differ, agriculture connects us. I grew up on a Kansas farm and still maintain an ownership interest in our family farm. I understand the importance of keeping ...
To the editor: On nearly this same date in 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned to London from Munich waving a piece of paper signed by Adolf Hitler pledging permanent peace for Britain, Europe and the world. The price of peace was giving part of Czechoslovakia to ...
To the editor: President Trump called Ukraine’s renewed strikes on Russia’s oil refineries disgraceful. I find Trump blaming Ukraine for the price of diesel dishonest and disgraceful. Russian oil was sanctioned until earlier this month and Russia has not been exporting any of its diesel ...
To the editor: In response to the terrible shootings at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, President Trump's response was that it was a good thing there was a man present who had a gun and knew how to use it. That person was at the scene and killed the shooter, but only after three ...
To the editor: I read with interest the recent letter to the editor regarding Gene Dorsey’s write-in campaign for the Douglas County Commission. I would like to offer a different perspective, and one I have seen expressed more eloquently by other writers, including nationally syndicated ...
To the editor: Vote, vote, vote! Donald Trump is a bully who thinks empathy is for weaklings. Many Republicans seem to agree; that is a justification of their desire to make money from political office. We need leaders who care for the ordinary voters, rather than people who scorn "ordinary" ...