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.
This is not a Republican illusion. The political leanings of academia are very real. Most professors identify as liberal and Democrats. University administrators skew left as well. It’s striking how few professors are conservative or Republican. The imbalance began during the Reagan ...
If an investment yields stagnant or negative returns despite increased funding, the rational thing to do is back off. This logic rarely applies in government, but we’re in a unique moment. The U.S. Department of Education — which has long exemplified the sunk-cost fallacy with past ...
Republicans in Congress are ceding their constitutional power to the president, so says the “politerati.” Yes, but there’s the rub: 10 Senate Democrats joined Republicans, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. He changed his mind the day before. The Senate 10 sacrificed the ...
To the editor: Every Friday that I volunteer at Just Food’s check out desk, I see the world. A man originally from Nepal greets me with a broad smile and a simple “namaste” — meaning “I salute the God within you” — as he stuffs a container filled with freshly made soup into his ...
To the editor: A while back in the Journal-World's 125 year ago column, there was mention of Bell’s Music Store. My first job was at Bell’s working for the band instrument repair shop in the summers. The year was 1966, I was paid $1 per hour, and it marked my first contributions to ...
The major weapon of the Trump-Vance-Musk regime is fear that causes people to be intimidated into silence and submission. The regime is using fear — of being deported, job loss, loss of federal contracts, loss of access to sources of news, of arrest and imprisonment — to intimidate ...