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: Our state’s flagship university now proudly offers a degree in social influence. We are among the first to teach our students how to promote themselves and influence others even before they have accomplished anything worthwhile or learned much. No doubt this will attract ...
To the editor: I was saddened to learn of the passing of Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum. Her years of public service reflected a faith in the representative democracy envisioned by our founding fathers, a government of checks and balances where civil discourse and compromise are often necessary ...
To the editor: I wasn’t even aware that Lawrence had a “Sustainability Board,” and was dumbfounded that we are paying city employees to seriously discuss how to encourage Lawrence residents to avoid idling in their cars when transporting their children to and from school (“Ideas to ...
The Supreme Court gave us a start recently, with what looked, at first glance, like a win for Trump’s efforts to suppress mail-in ballots. But, as Andrew Egger explained, that isn’t quite what happened. In broad outline, the court stayed a lower court injunction while the legality of ...
The U.S. national debt just crossed the $40 trillion threshold, doubling in less than a decade. Washington politicians have responded with their favorite fiscal game: blaming the other party. Democrats say Republican tax cuts are the culprit. Republicans say Democratic spending is the root ...
As we approach Labor Day, the unofficial start of the general election season, it’s worth looking back at a strategic decision Kansas Republicans made decades ago. In the early 1970s, as part of efforts to modernize the executive branch, Republicans advanced a constitutional amendment ...