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.
Should those of us who want to defeat the proto-fascists in charge of the Republican Party be worried about a few blue districts that have recently indulged their ids and voted for members of the Democratic Socialists of America? Yes. If their victories become a trend, it could sabotage the ...
To the editor: Don’t be fooled by the misleading wording in the Aug. 4 amendment. Each of us ALREADY has the opportunity to vote on our Kansas Supreme Court justices – who are now chosen by merit - not by billionaires. This is fair for everyone. Let’s keep it that way. We can protect ...
One of the defining failures of modern American government has been the steady erosion of Congress’s constitutional authority over war. The Constitution grants Congress — not the president — the power to declare war. Congress decides to go to war. The president wages it. Over the past ...
Somewhere in Los Angeles this year, someone will get home who otherwise wouldn’t have. You’ll never learn her name. There will be no headline, no celebration, no council resolution -- only an unremarkable Tuesday that ends the way Tuesdays are supposed to end. The same nonstory will ...
“To rule is easy, to govern difficult.” — Goethe On Aug. 4, Kansans have a watershed moment to narrow their parties’ fields for governor. Issues within the campaigns are well documented, like property taxes, school funding, job creation, affordability, Kansas values, etc. But with ...
To the editor: This is in response to the letter by Margaret Kramar that appeared in the paper on July 14. This was in reference to the value of prime farmland. She stated that this farm ground only produced food for cattle and hogs. I’m assuming that she is a vegetarian, who doesn’t eat ...