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.
To the editor: The adults have definitely left the room of late. On one side we have a chief executive opining on a restaurant’s redesigned sign, having a large, Big Brotheresque image of himself displayed outside a government building, and going public with inane and frivolous comments. ...
To the editor: Every year as another school year begins, I think about the teachers in our midst and the ever-increasing challenges they face. As they welcome 30 youngsters to their classroom, they are dealing with different environments, medications, social skills and readiness. Many of ...
To the editor: America is a democracy at great risk. Where is our Congress? We need your immediate legislative action! Some in Congress are bravely speaking out about Donald Trump’s tyranny. Where are the rest of our elected leaders? We need all members of Congress to remind Trump of who ...
Even before America became a country, Americans already had a habit of freaking out about even minor violations of abstract principles. “In other countries, the people ... judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance,” observed Edmund Burke, the great British ...
To the editor: A month or so ago, city officials announced that “camping will no longer be allowed anywhere in Lawrence, including Brook Creek Park, Burcham Park and Sandra Shaw Park.” I happen to live close to Burcham and Sandra Shaw parks, and over the weekend spent an hour walking ...
To the editor: I am a KU grad, earning three degrees there, and I have had great love and respect for the school. Years ago, I established a scholarship designated to help “first generation immigrant” students and a number of these students have benefitted from the scholarship, which has ...
