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.
Lawrence has long been a community that values health, well-being and equity. As chair of the Tobacco Free Living workgroup, part of LiveWell Douglas County, I am raising my voice today out of urgency and concern. Three alarming trends put our community values at risk and demand immediate ...
So, it was a war for oil after all. On social media Friday, President Trump announced that the United States and Venezuela have struck an agreement for “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY.” The whole thing is appalling, starting with the all-caps. I have no love for the Venezuelan ...
I still come across people who believe Trump won the 2020 election, that the attack on the U.S Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was an act of patriotism, that Trump’s subsequent indictments and felonies were Biden’s work, that most immigrants are criminals, that Democrats are evil, that Jews are ...
Since imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I am told, I was not surprised to hear Dolly Parton say in an interview that she once entered a “Dolly Parton lookalike” drag queen contest in Los Angeles unannounced — and lost. Parton, who died last week at age 80, enjoyed telling ...
To the editor: The recent opinion piece, “What if we’d treated factories like data centers?” by Rich Lowry omitted several directly relevant facts. There would be less public pushback if data centers were treated like factories. Zoning often allows data centers to be located in or next ...
To the editor: Recently I watched as my 7-year-old grandson climbed the steps for his second-grade year in Lawrence schools. I saw all the smiles from the teachers, the hugs from the parents, the happy faces of kids who were seeing friends again from the previous year. Then, I also recently ...
