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: The tragedy Biden brought upon us

Washington — Read it and weep. I mean the newspaper. Every single day, it brings tidings of despair to those who cherish the civilian institutions and agencies of this — yes — beloved and beautiful capital. The Institute of Peace was closed, Gestapo-style, within view of the ...

Opinion: We’re going to keep talking about the group chat

There’s much spinning over the grave lapse in national security captured in that group chat outlining a planned bombing raid on the Houthi militia. It goes that it was not that big a deal because the mission was a success. It was not OK. It was lucky. The late-night comedians and ...

Opinion: Trump’s assault on law firms telling

Last week I wrote about Trump’s crackdown on the pillars of civil society — the universities, the scientific community, the media, the legal profession, and the arts — with the clear intent of intimidating them into silence. Today I want to take a deeper dive into what Trump’s ...

Opinion: Government destroying truth itself

Much has been written about the Trump team’s assault on civil society, universities, public health, the judiciary and our global alliances, and rightly so — but there is one danger that deserves more attention because our ability to thwart this attempted revolution, this upending of our ...

Opinion: The Signalgate text thread continues

SMALL GROUP RE: TEXT THREAD CONCERNING STRIKE ON HOUTHI REBELS IN YEMEN Waltz: Hi, team. Creating a new Signal thread for the small group about the text thread concerning the strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen. Please reply with your favorite emoji to show you’re receiving. Director ...

Opinion: Rhetoric & reality on manufacturing

If you believe the political rhetoric, you probably think America’s industrial base has been hollowed out, gutted or “shipped overseas.” Across the ideological spectrum, people say U.S. manufacturing is in decline. They argue mostly about who’s to blame and how many tariffs we need to ...