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.
There’s a quote on my desktop from the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius that I’m making the subject of my New Year’s resolution in 2025. It goes like this: “How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he ...
It feels like 2013 again. Back then, a beleaguered Republican speaker of the House was forced into a government shutdown by firebrands in his caucus who considered him insufficiently pure. A revolution in GOP politics has happened since, and yet a beleaguered Republican Speaker of the House ...
To the editor: I have a nominee for the biggest understatement of 2024 from local government budgeting. From the Journal-World of July 1, 2024, regarding the costs to install new charging stations for two new EV fire trucks: “The cost for upgrading the electrical load at the stations and ...
To the editor: In a world — and especially a town — where sports are king, a tremendous round of kudos goes to the two young and very talented artistic women who were featured on the front page of Friday’s paper. The highly competitive YoungArts award demonstrates to society the ...
To the editor: The recent government shutdown drama, exacerbated by the growing influence of Donald Trump and Elon Musk, signals a troubling trajectory for our nation. While some may dismiss their roles as coincidental or exaggerated, the reality is clear: Their political and economic clout ...
Watching the year-end budget fights in Congress as we await the second term of President-elect Donald Trump, I find myself wondering: Will this era be remembered as the time when Trump was president and Elon Musk ran the country? Trump earned such nicknames as “Captain Chaos” and worse ...
