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.
As the first and only convicted felon to serve as president, Donald Trump’s claim to be concerned about crime in America is a somewhat compromised one. And, of course, it’s not just the 34 felony counts on which he stands convicted by a New York jury but the federal criminal indictments ...
John Templeton, the legendary fund manager, famously said, “The four most dangerous words in investing are: This time it’s different.” That warning was ignored by those in 1999 who believed profits didn’t matter in the internet age and those in 2007 who thought housing prices would ...
My two boys recently got new passports. The little books are gorgeously designed. On thick paper, drawings are etched of wheat fields and farmers, statues and monuments. Quotes from great Americans — former Presidents George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, as well as ...
To the editor: I am writing this letter to the editor to publicly invite another Lawrence citizen to submit a letter to the editor — specifically District Attorney Dakota Loomis. Mr. Loomis, please explain to the community your detailed rationale for your office’s recommendation of ...
To the editor: Kansas is clearly a “red” state. In any election, a Republican candidate could probably campaign in a swimsuit, speak an unknown language, and still be elected. Within the city of Lawrence, the converse is true. Ironically, the results are the same. Electoral patronage ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson, a quick study in the art of laying it on thick, announced that he was teaming up with Israel’s Knesset speaker to invite parliamentary leaders from around the world to jointly nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize — and for nothing less than inaugurating “a ...
