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: Why we shouldn’t expect a return to Trump economy

While the gap may be closing, polls tend to show that more Americans trust former President Donald Trump than Vice President Kamala Harris on economic issues. This sentiment is understandable, given the strong pre-pandemic economy during Trump’s first term and the challenges of inflation and ...

Opinion: Trump must wish only white men could vote

It’s the job of a conservative to stand before history “yelling stop,” said the late political commentator William F. Buckley. Former President Donald Trump and his supporters appear to want to go even further. They are screaming at history to go backward in order to “make America ...

Opinion: Clean energy is also cheap energy

Donald Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” mantra portrays fossil fuels as the magic road to lower energy prices. He’s exactly wrong. Solar, wind and other renewable sources are. Renewables already provide electricity to consumers in Europe that’s so cheap, it’s at times free — this ...

Opinion: Next president won’t have mandate

Let’s skip ahead to after the election. No matter who wins, the next president will declare that they have a “mandate” to do something. And they will be wrong. The whole canard that a newly elected president is for some reason entitled to have their way is an invention. The word ...

Opinion: Told-you-so time: Iranian insanity comes home to roost

In June 2006, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., was asked in Boston what the Democrats’ plan was for dealing with Iran, designated even then by our State Department as the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism and well on its way to acquiring nuclear weapons. “I don’t know,” ...

Opinion: Cheney walks the walk for democracy

Back in the days when I was a moderate Republican, I still found Liz Cheney too far right-leaning for my tastes. And that went for her dad, former Vice President Dick Cheney, as well. Even today, I may not agree with her on this issue or that, but we’re on the same page on the primal ...