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: In a recent public forum letter, a rural wind turbine opponent proposes three solutions to deal with climate change. The first is energy conservation. This is a laudable goal, but it is not sufficient. Is this wind opponent willing to spearhead the effort of convincing ...
One of the simplest ways to define politics is as a struggle for power. This power struggle has flared up again. The Legislature began its 2023 session by introducing a bill that would further disrupt the current power division between state and local entities and also undermine Kansas ...
To the editor: I felt like a frugal Luddite after reading about the school district’s plan to spend $3.22 million “to replace the laptops that the district has issued to all high school students with tablets instead” in Tuesday’s Journal-World. While technology might play a role in ...
Imagine that you are the parent of a 15-year-old girl and discover that her school has been concealing her daytime behavior from you. Your daughter has joined a far-right Mormon spin-off cult, believes in plural marriage, has spoken of dropping out of school to get married, and declines to ...
In late 2011, John Oliver and his “Daily Show” cameraman made a trek to my office, then in Providence, Rhode Island, to take me to task. I had recently referred to the Tea Partiers who had pushed America to the brink of a disastrous default as “economic terrorists.” Oliver had ...
In new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s, R-Calif., own words: “She reminds me of my friends from high school, that we’re going to stick together all the way through.” That’s an operative quote from the man of small-town Bakersfield, California. He refers to despicable Rep. Marjorie ...
