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: As one who had lived in Lawrence for eight years — and Lawrence having lived in my heart ever since — I was also surprised to learn of the Wilcox museum. The article brought to light much forgotten KU history with the exception of the museum’s namesake who seems to be ...
In a world of canceled flights, SNAP ping-pong, gerrymanders run amok and “Dancing with the Stars” blackouts, it was refreshing to see an old friend — the town hall budget meeting — could not be shut down last week. Billed as a statewide listening tour to guide her penultimate 2026 ...
While the country’s attention was drawn to the federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump signed National Security Presidential Memorandum 7, which purports to designate the ideology of antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization” and directs federal law enforcement to disrupt ...
For generations, foreign policy eggheads debated the question, “Who lost China?” I’m wondering if election analysts might soon ask, “Who lost the Latinos?” Almost exactly one year ago, President Trump won an impressive election victory. It wasn’t the landslide his boosters claim, ...
For decades I have been hearing the old courtroom saying about how a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich if given the chance, but I never expected to see it happen. What the saying conveys is that grand juries, which approve or reject charges to go to trial, only hear from one side, the ...
Last week, two things happened that may shed some light on where American capitalism is heading. First, Tesla’s board caved in to Elon Musk’s demand that he get a pay package of $1 trillion (if he meets various goals). Musk’s trillion-dollar pay package is so grotesque as to make a ...