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: If you are a woman who changed your last name after getting married, the upcoming vote on a proposed state constitutional amendment regarding citizenship and voting is crucial. The amendment would make it harder for you — even impossible — to vote in future elections. ...
To the editor: The U.S. State Department has deployed another round of society-crippling tariffs against our neighbors in Cuba. Regardless of one’s position with respect to their country’s failed and corrupt leadership, I believe it is grossly immoral for our own government to try to ...
To the editor: Voting in our elections is a privilege, an honor and also a real challenge. The issues may be, likely are, complicated. We may be asked to vote for many candidates. We have a great deal of electoral advertising to wade through as well as, for many candidates, a historical ...
To the editor: This is an open letter to Kansas' two U.S. senators. Your reaction to President Donald Trump’s ban on Bombardier jet sales in the United States is both flaccid and against the interests of Kansas. You should be ashamed to claim that you represent the Kansans that elected you ...
To the editor: Trump's promise of a $5,000 check for every adult if the Republicans win the midterms would be impossible without a heavy tax on billionaires (highly unlikely) and comes without any requirements from the recipients to perform the duties of citizenship. Voting is a duty of ...
To the editor: One of the most striking moments of the generally forgettable Trumpapalooza in Dallas came during Vice President JD Vance’s keynote speech on Sept. 10 (later upstaged by Trump’s claiming the podium). At the end of a segment denigrating the Senate candidacy of James Talarico, ...