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: President Trump called Ukraine’s renewed strikes on Russia’s oil refineries disgraceful. I find Trump blaming Ukraine for the price of diesel dishonest and disgraceful. Russian oil was sanctioned until earlier this month and Russia has not been exporting any of its diesel ...
To the editor: In response to the terrible shootings at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, President Trump's response was that it was a good thing there was a man present who had a gun and knew how to use it. That person was at the scene and killed the shooter, but only after three ...
To the editor: I read with interest the recent letter to the editor regarding Gene Dorsey’s write-in campaign for the Douglas County Commission. I would like to offer a different perspective, and one I have seen expressed more eloquently by other writers, including nationally syndicated ...
To the editor: Vote, vote, vote! Donald Trump is a bully who thinks empathy is for weaklings. Many Republicans seem to agree; that is a justification of their desire to make money from political office. We need leaders who care for the ordinary voters, rather than people who scorn "ordinary" ...
America makes its choice two weeks from tomorrow. It’s not really a choice between two parties. After all, a record 45% of American voters now call themselves “independent” and don’t align with either party. And most of us who still describe ourselves as Republicans or Democrats ...
Leave it to a comedian with a national TV platform to express what troubles a lot of us, even if we hesitate to talk about it — for fear of being ridiculed as backward-looking worry warts. “When the people who are making AI are scared of AI, it’s time to shut the whole thing down until ...