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.
Ukraine got invaded by Russia. According to President Trump, it should never make that mistake again. Miffed that Ukraine is miffed that it has been excluded from the early stages of negotiations over the war, Trump has blasted the embattled country for sticking up for its interests after ...
NIMBY stands for Not In My Backyard. It’s often employed as a shaming tool to portray those unwilling to turn their neighborhoods over to developers as selfish or even racist. It’s a weapon in efforts to plow through zoning laws put in place to preserve a sense of community and the comfort ...
Colorful billionaire and presidential adviser Elon Musk sparked quite a reaction at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington last week when he leaped around the stage waving a chainsaw. “This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy. CHAINSAAAW!” he exclaimed. ...
In the 1933 movie farce “Duck Soup,” Chico Marx famously asks Margaret Dumont, “Who ya gonna believe, me or your own eyes?” Trump and members of his team are implicitly asking that same question over and over. They demand to be believed, no matter what Americans themselves ...
To the editor: I read recently that Douglas County had a rather nice surprise: $30 million in extra tax revenue! Great! Now I read that the Douglas County Commission moved $17 million of that money from the General Fund to reserve funds or “rainy day” accounts. This money will be held in ...
To the editor: I don’t know Ray Finch except through his occasional letters to the Journal-World, with which I usually agree. His recent comment regarding the abusive confrontations by, especially, the two “gadflies,” his term, that are often cited in this newspaper is spot on. Like the ...
