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 a drug dealer: I’m not sure what leads someone in life to become a drug dealer. I assume it is greed. I certainly don’t know what leads someone to become a dealer of fentanyl, a drug that inevitably and undeniably ultimately leads to death. There is no way around it — if you are a ...
There are a lot of things Donald Trump does not like. Find a common theme, and one may conclude that Trump doesn’t like America. This thought is not original to me. Democratic strategist James Carville offers it as his theory of why Trump wreaks so much damage on this country. Trump ...
To the editor: Since the passage of the Big, Beautiful Pile of Garbage, pundits have pondered how so many die-hard Republicans were persuaded to vote for massively increased deficits. Thanks to a source of mine in the White House (“Creepthroat”), I can now share the details of the ...
To the editor: Even as the criminal president and his Project 2025 hoodlums try to impose a kleptocratic police state on the U.S., I still find hope here in Lawrence. Hundreds of ordinary, decent Kansans gather at Ninth and Massachusetts streets every Sunday, and have since March 2, without ...
When a reporter asked Attorney General Pam Bondi about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation last Tuesday, President Trump could not contain himself a moment longer. “Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?” he said, pushing back against the question. “This guy’s been talked about ...
To the editor: I read with interest the recent column by Rich Lowry. What caught my eye in his opinion piece was not just an apparent lack of preparation for such an event, but the fact that Mr. Lowry seems to believe that President Trump and his administration should not be blamed in any ...
