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: Trump appears to be off to a strong start

It’s not 2016 again. President-elect Donald Trump is off to a strong start with markedly fewer obstructions than the last time he won. In football terms, he has a lot of green space ahead of him. In nautical terms, it’s plain sailing. In political terms, it might not be a honeymoon, ...

Opinion: We should pardon Biden for pardon

My brother-in-law recently sent a message to our family text chain, the members of whom rest somewhere on the political spectrum from solidly Democratic to more liberal than Mao Zedong. What do we think of this? He linked to a story about President Joe Biden pardoning his son, Hunter, who ...

Opinion: RFK Jr. is a one-man plague

At a New York rally in October, Donald Trump promised the crowd that if elected, he would let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “go wild” on health, food and medicines. It delighted the crowd, who imagined they were cheering for better health and better medicine. They’re in for a bitter ...

Opinion: Let’s end the worldwide tax grab of the IRS

The new year will bring a new administration, and I’ll be watching to see if President-elect Donald Trump’s team finally puts an end to the worldwide taxation of individual Americans’ income. Fixing this is imperative. It would not only be sound fiscal policy but could keep millions of ...

Opinion: Biden should pardon millions of immigrants

San Diego — What a strange time. Americans are embroiled in a heated national conversation about whether the phrase “rule of law” actually means anything as long as there are presidential pardons. And the major political parties — both of which have corrupted the pardon process for ...

Opinion: Don’t want green jobs? We’ll take ’em

“Some may seek to deny or delay the clean energy revolution that’s underway in America, but nobody — nobody — can reverse it. Nobody. Not when so many people, regardless of party or politics, are enjoying its benefits.” Still-President Joe Biden said that on a recent visit to Brazil. ...