Opinion

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.

Letter to the editor: Art is serious business

To the editor: The recent decision to rescind grants awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts will be felt for years to come. As both an artist and an administrator, I have seen firsthand that public funding is essential to keeping the arts accessible for our community. Access to ...

Opinion: Trump is the grift that keeps on grifting

Trump is overplaying his hand. Not just by usurping the powers of Congress and ignoring Supreme Court rulings. Not just abducting people who are legally in the United States but have put their name to opinion pieces Trump doesn’t like and trucking them off to “detention” facilities. Not ...

Opinion: SALT issue could cost GOP majority

At least six congressional Republicans are demanding a radical fix in the 2017 tax law targeting residents of high-income states. If they don’t get it, they may sink Donald Trump’s tax-and-spending package, his “one big beautiful bill.” And who can blame these reps from New York, ...

Opinion: Pope is well-loved, for now at least

Once loyal Chicagoans got over the double shock of hearing that a local native, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, has been named the 267th pope, some critically important, locally familiar questions came up: Which parish is he from? Sox fan or Cubs fan? And what bearing will his papacy ...

Opinion: Trump loves Canada, but Canada doesn’t love him

Washington — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney aced the Oval Office Exam during his sit-down with President Donald Trump Monday. Washington’s relations with Ottawa have been testy of late. During the 2024 campaign, Trump delighted his die-hard base to no end with his talk about ...