National Columns

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: MAGA has a real moral problem

The rush to exonerate Donald Trump from the implications of the Epstein birthday book message reveals a contradiction at the heart of MAGA. In the immediate aftermath of the Wall Street Journal July scoop about the smarmy message Trump included in the book of friendly tributes assembled in ...

Opinion: Which tax breaks work and which ones don’t

Everyone in Washington loves tax credits and deductions. Politicians tout them as a painless way to help families pay for green energy, buy homes or lower the cost of health care. They’re also politically irresistible: No one wants to be accused of “raising taxes” by trimming perks that ...

Opinion: A murderer’s ‘debt to society’ can never be ‘paid’

Some offenses are so heinous they can never be wiped from the record— criminal or moral. There’s no normalizing first- or second-degree murder. Not by having done the time with good behavior, not by getting a college degree, not by apologizing. Other crimes don’t, in themselves, warrant ...

Opinion: Tom Hanks is canceled; Trump claps

The West Point Association of Graduates announced on June 11 that movie actor Tom Hanks would receive this year’s Sylvanus Thayer Award at a ceremony and parade this month hosted by the U.S. Military Academy. The award goes “to an outstanding citizen of the United States whose service and ...

Opinion: How long will we tolerate madness in our streets?

In her response to the murder of Iryna Zarutska on a light-rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, the city’s mayor demonstrated the mindset that allowed the heinous act to happen in the first place. Mayor Vi Lyles called the murder of the young Ukraine refugee woman, “a tragic ...

Opinion: A heated hearing reveals real RFK Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. does not deserve his initials, as he showed in a Senate hearing that revealed a Shakespearean streak of villainy in the health and human services secretary. Senator after senator asked straight questions about his broken promises on vaccine policy. Two are Republican ...