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: Let’s take advantage of crime downturn to learn

Will Donald Trump have Chicago to kick around anymore? That question, an update of Richard Nixon’s memorable farewell to news reporters as he dropped out of the California governor’s race in 1962, came to mind on the heels of some unusually welcome news about violent crime in ...

Opinion: Who can hold a candle to president’s amazingness?

Attorney General Pam Bondi recently congratulated President Donald Trump in a Cabinet meeting, saying that he has personally saved 258 million lives. Bondi said millions of fentanyl-laced pills that teenagers would have bought thinking they were “a Tylenol or an Adderall” (there, ...

Opinion: Trump trying to sell us on scarcity

President Trump downplayed potentially empty store shelves at his recent Cabinet meeting. He said of goods from China that might go missing, “Much of it we don’t need.” Then he elaborated the point: “Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know? And ...

Opinion: Why tariffs won’t fix our work-attachment problem

When Donald Trump reentered office in 2025, he inherited a strong economy partly fueled by the possibility of lower taxes on capital, fewer overbearing regulations, energy abundance and the rise of AI. Instead of stewarding that prosperity and optimism, Trump quickly upended it through a ...

Opinion: An immigration policy built on lies

The White House lawn was festooned for the past week with mug shots of supposed illegal immigrant criminals the administration has arrested or deported. It formed a backdrop for “Border Czar” Tom Homan’s threats from the briefing room warning that every illegal immigrant within our ...

Opinion: If independent press vanishes, so do speech protections

In addition to guaranteeing freedom of speech and religion, the First Amendment prohibits government action “abridging freedom... of the press.” As President Ronald Reagan declared, “There is no more essential ingredient than a free, strong, and independent press to our continued ...