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.
It’s part of who we are. The White House executive order theoretically ending birthright citizenship grandly proclaims its purpose as “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.” As we’ve come to expect from this administration, the proposed change to American law ...
What was seen as outrageous during Trump’s first term is seen as normal in his second. A Washington Post columnist recently wrote Trump’s return to office “marked not just a political transition but the normalization of the man and his movement.” The Hill, an insiders’ D.C. paper, ...
Fresh off citizen vitriol for rising property taxes during their 2024 campaigns, a fortified Republican super-majority Kansas Legislature began loading their prized horses into the starting gate of this year’s Property Tax Derby. Kansas GOP leaders eye this as the final jewel in the ...
To the editor: Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and his Democratic colleague Dick Durbin are demanding that Donald Trump “immediately” follow the law regarding the impromptu firings of more than a dozen inspectors general across 18 offices. “While IGs aren’t immune from committing ...
To the editor: Dot Nary’s recent letter stated that we should all be asking “why?” in regard to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report report being withheld. Unless you voted for Trump and support his policies, the rest of us know exactly why. It has not been a secret that ...
To the editor: As part of his effort to return America to the 19th century, Donald J. Trump celebrated a former president in his inaugural address with a shallowness of historical knowledge that would be shocking coming from most anyone else. “A short time from now,” said Trump on Jan. ...