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: More focus on the issues, please

According to a recent Harvard CAPS/Harris poll, 28% of people polled are still weighing their options for president. I find this hard to believe. Joe Biden and Donald Trump are not only very familiar candidates (I mean, we’ve been exactly here before), but they are also completely different ...

Opinion: Trump takes us for fools on ‘2025’ plan

As much as we know by now about Donald Trump’s creative approach to facts, even the man whom late-night host Jimmy Kimmel calls “Rant-a-Claus” can go a fib too far. Trump seemed to hit his credibility limit recently when he took to Truth Social, his social media platform, to deny any ...

Opinion: It’s time for Biden to put this country ahead of himself

“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” — Proverbs 16:18 President Joe Biden, who earned our respect and affection over the past four years, is now trying our souls. In an interview on a Philadelphia radio show, he mumbled that he was proud to be “the ...

Opinion: Joe, you’ve had a great run; now pass the baton

Dear Joe, On the wall of my office is your letter thanking me for my help in passing a bill that protects national security. That’s from when you were a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and I was counsel to the committee. If a vote had been taken in the 1980s by Capitol ...

Opinion: Trump can’t undo damage he’s done

Try as he might, Donald Trump can’t blur the hard reality he forced upon American women. He vowed in 2016 to get rid of Roe v. Wade and succeeded. As a result, American women lost a half-century right to end an unwanted or dangerous pregnancy. Some of the harsh truths turn into ...

Opinion: Biden is never going to step down, unless forced

Cutting dead flowers while barefoot in the summer garden is a sublime sensation that seldom leads to thoughts of politics. Yet this time my thoughts traveled straight to President Joe Biden, 81 years of aged mind, body and memory. Roses and cosmos ready to bloom need the sun and space ...