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.
When I was 22, I watched my father fight and lose a battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare, fatal brain disorder. For me, those final days of his life were overwhelming, frightening and deeply disorienting. Yet, even in that gut-wrenching time, I caught glimmers of joy. While Dad lay ...
To the editor: The man who murdered the two Israeli embassy staff members in Washington, D.C., did not scream, “I hate Jews!” He shouted, “Free Palestine!” I believe there is a difference. I am troubled by the use of the word “antisemitism” to describe the reasoning behind some ...
To the editor: Douglas County Commissioner Gene Dorsey deserves recognition for his recent advocacy for Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center. His pronouncements were a necessary departure from the groupthink procedures that typically constrain single-party decision-making. Mr. Dorsey’s ...
Before being accepted to a fraternity or sorority, inductees must take a pledge to uphold its beliefs such as loyalty to fellow members. Similarly, before accepting members to its movement, American progressives are demanding a pledge that they take a stand against Israel. For example, Rep. ...
America’s debt-addicted government just lost its triple-A credit rating from Moody’s, as it previously had from fellow rating agencies S&P and Fitch. Many in Washington shrugged the move off as minor or as unfair treatment of the Trump administration. The truth is more sobering: a ...
It all seemed so easy back in January. Delivering property tax relief and reform for Kansas homeowners was atop every legislator’s list as if Moses himself was delivering them on stone tablets from Mount Sinai. An expanded Republican supermajority riding high off November’s victory ...
