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.
Few documentary films have the natural authority of a Ken Burns production. The narrator of his works, Peter Coyote, is as close as we have today to “the voice of God,” the phrase once associated with legendary CBS anchor Walter Cronkite at the height of broadcast news. This makes it ...
Thanksgiving invites us to pause and consider the gifts we often overlook. This year, at a moment of rising political unease and ideological confusion, I am especially grateful for one extraordinary inheritance: a nation and its creed brought into being by the Declaration of Independence and ...
A moment in former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral at the National Cathedral brought me to tears. Not for the departed and grim old warrior but for the tableau in the front row. A hint: something as simple as a handshake between two men who would — or should — be ...
Reflecting on gratitude for this holiday, I want to highlight something that can be shared with the wider world. Last year at this time, I focused on reasons to be thankful despite Donald Trump’s reelection: Trump ran on promises he cannot possibly fulfill. He swore to reduce prices and ...
I’ll start by making a few things clear: I love my father, I love cooking and I love Thanksgiving. And now that the throat-clearing is done, I can move on to the complaining. Because of all dishes in all the holidays on the calendar, there’s nothing like the Thanksgiving turkey ...
The United States is not united at all. We live in two countries, divided by politics, wealth, health and education. Almost two centuries ago, British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli wrote: “Two nations... who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they ...