Opinion

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.

Letter to the editor: Prime soils not prime for data centers

To the editor: I appreciated the Journal-World’s Friday, Sept. 18, coverage of data centers. However, I believe Chad Lawhorn did not include a major concern about the location of data centers: They should not be located on Class 1 or Class 2 soils – the USDA’s top measures of natural ...

Letter to the editor: We already know who can vote

To the editor: The constitutional amendment on the ballot is a recasting of the current section 1 of article 5. The amendment says: noncitizens cannot vote. The current section 1 of article 5 says: citizens can vote, i.e., it proclaims a guaranteed right. The amendment, focused as it is on ...

Letter to the editor: On the verge of losing AI control

To the editor: Kudos to Chad Lawhorn for his article on AI, which frames the risk/benefit dilemma mankind faces on moving forward toward machine super-intelligence. Despite the ostrich in the sand stance of our “genius” president who calls the risk a “hoax,” it is real. AI has the ...

Letter to the editor: Hilltop should be a KU success

To the editor: On Saturday, Sept. 26, the editor noted three projects supposedly important to KU's success. I'd suggest he consider a fourth, which doesn't appear to be underway: immediate action to reopen Hilltop Child Development Center. KU's leadership seems far more interested in real ...

Letter to the editor: Marshall’s habit of doing nothing

To the editor: Roger Marshall’s career in the Senate is one of doing nothing. In the face of an illegal trade policy that has caused a billion dollars of harm to Kansas farmers, he did nothing. In the face of an ego-driven, unauthorized war in Iran that has — so far — cost nearly two ...

Letter to the editor: Support Wakarusa businesses

To the editor: I am upset about the prolonged disruption to business reported by the Journal-World involving the Miller Mart and other small businesses located in the shopping area southwest of the Clinton Parkway/Wakarusa intersection. This area is part of the Southwest Trafficway ...