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: It’s sad that I’m compelled to write this. Like most of us, I’ve been consumed by the strangest experience of my 67 years. I don’t even need to identify it. It’s horrendous enough. But there may be worse. Read about Ahmaud Arbery. Read Charles Blow in the New York ...
To the editor: My 94-year-old mother lives in a skilled nursing facility in Connecticut. As of May 5, 20 of the 58 residents tested positive for COVID-19. Five of those 20 have died. She’s trapped on the Titanic; adjacent staterooms are filling up with the sea water. Will she be next? “I ...
To the editor: The League of Women Voters of Kansas is proud to be part of a voting rights victory for all Kansans as we celebrate the ruling of a federal appeals court that requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote is unconstitutional. The American Civil Liberties ...
To the editor: According to news reports, President Donald Trump recently stated that too much testing just makes you look bad. I’m guessing that’s a lesson Donald might have learned early on in school. Geography (where is India?), grammar (complete sentences), civics (how many governors ...
That video broke my heart. If you’ve seen it, you need no further explanation. You know exactly what video I’m talking about and why it shattered me. If you haven’t, be advised that the clip in question depicts the last seconds in the life of Ahmaud Arbery. He was just 25, a young man ...
We all are becoming familiar with the list of symptoms associated with the COVID-19 disease. There’s the fever, the loss of smell and taste, the cough, the loss of energy, the feeling that an anvil is sitting upon your chest and several more. One that hasn’t gotten as much attention: a ...
The Kansas Legislature will return on May 21 with final, sine die adjournment. In short, the Legislative Coordinating Council decided to pull the plug, despite the huge public health and fiscal problems facing the state. This comes close to a dereliction of duty to the Kansans who elected ...
We’re all in this thing together. Or so we are told by celebrities, politicians and every third TV commercial. It’s the lullaby with which America soothes itself every time these shores are attacked. That’s why Monday, Dec. 8, 1941, saw long lines at military recruiting offices and ...
To the editor: As I was reading the Journal-World on Monday, I was struck by two front-page featured articles: 1) Lawrence teacher’s web series brings classic art to students learning at home; and 2) Oil-reliant counties in Kansas predict a gloomy future. Each pertained to consequences ...
To the editor: If the NCAA, sports fans and politicians want to help college athletes, aren’t they taking the wrong approach by allowing them to receive money for endorsements? That will certainly enrich a few stars and perhaps keep them in college longer, to their benefit. But what about ...
To the editor: We seem to be turning the corner on the devastating effects of this pandemic; that is yet to be seen. We know the huge toll in death and illness, the “Armageddon” that medical teams have faced in hospitals and nursing facilities, the desperation of the millions who have ...
To the editor: Thomas Fritzel’s proposal to serve his sentences at home deserves to be explored. Just relieving the local incarcerated population by the absence of a single inmate would not make a difference, of course. If Mr. Fritzel were to extend his offer to take in a significant number ...
As you probably already knew, the next six months of 2020 presidential campaigning are going to be ugly. I do not say this happily, but I do so based upon a lifetime of watching candidates run for election and reelection. Almost invariably, politicians return to what worked successfully in ...
One of the less helpful aspects of our current quandary is the shrill argument between two closed-minded camps. One condemns those who wish to open up the economy as science-defying ghouls who care nothing for human life. The other depicts the stay-at-homes as economic saboteurs willing to ...
To the editor: I’m writing to congratulate four city commissioners (Jennifer Ananda, Stuart Boley, Brad Finkeldei and Courthey Shipley) on the new swimming pools they’re installing at their homes. Despite the current economic crisis, they apparently feel comfortable moving forward with ...
To the editor: As we approach the transition to less strict protocols in dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, I want to express gratitude for how the many facilities that provide care — assisted living, independent living, nursing homes — in our community have managed, against ...
“Tomorrow, robins will sing.” — Stevie Wonder “Tomorrow there’ll be sunshine, and all this darkness past.” — Bruce Springsteen “Hurry, tomorrow. Tomorrow, I need you now.” — The Temptations In other words, tomorrow is the place where things will get better. Tomorrow ...
When it comes to college athletics, university presidents have every reason to be driving the steamroller, yet they continuously and haplessly end up in front of it. Big-time college athletics could do much to help fund higher education, but it would require university presidents forcing ...
Among U.S. governors, Kansas’ Laura Kelly and her advisers rank among the clearest and most decisive in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, governors face limitations. Residents — and viruses — often cross state lines, and Kansas shares its most populated border with ...
There was, I can testify, a lot more drinking in Washington, D.C., before May 15, 1978. That was the date, through the grace of God, that I had my last drink of beer or booze or wine. Previously, I had given up drinking at different times, for Lent or to lose weight (a waist is a terrible ...
