Leonard-pitts
Leonard Pitts: An America with no 'other'
I, too, sing America.
May 27, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: American politics is a mess, and one party is to blame
And another one bites the dust.
May 20, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Once the debt is paid
I promised Russell I would ask you something.
May 13, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: The Bible and homosexuality
Sometimes, people hide inside the Bible.
May 06, 2012 | 12:05 am
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Leonard Pitts: The scarlet I
John Raese is feeling persecuted.
Apr 29, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: Obama's wrong on drug legalization
If President Obama had a son, he would look like Trayvon Martin. So the president famously said.
Apr 22, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: Jolted by a rare trusim
Barack Obama himself has never had the guts to say it.
Apr 15, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: The rush to avoid judgment on Trayvon Martin case
Once upon a time in the late '90s, a certain black newswoman was awarded her own column. She wrote 12 pieces, three of them about race. That was too many for her boss, who told her to tone it down. Confused, she went to a white colleague for advice. He explained that, being black, she lacked the …
Apr 08, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: The esssential truth of Trayvon Martin
One month later, some of us fail to understand what this is about. One month later, some of us are using the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin to advance their own selfish aims or are throwing up smoke to divert our attention from what matters. One month later, a reminder seems sadly necessary.
Apr 01, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: Springsteen captures the heart of America
It begins with big drums, a guitar seesawing beneath like a deck rolling in high seas. It ends with a fuzz of static and feedback, a hiss of promises broken and a mortgage on the future.
Mar 25, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: We should be outraged
"Nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."
Mar 18, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: How low can you go?
If you think Rush Limbaugh is fatally wounded, think again.
Mar 11, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: Be afraid, very afraid
Bob Morris is scared of Girl Scouts.
Mar 04, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: Linsanity should also inspire young African-Americans
An open letter to African-American young people:
Feb 26, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: Marines bungle important historical facts
There are only two possible explanations for that photo.
Feb 19, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: Public faith vs. private faith
Really? Seriously?
Feb 12, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: A pointed remark on Reagan's legacy
A picture, the saying goes, is worth a thousand words. Unfortunately, we have only about 550 with which to appraise a picture that has raised eyebrows across the country: In it, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is seen wagging her finger in President Obama's face during his visit to her state last week.
Feb 05, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: Following the GOP playbook on racism
I got my first job when I was 12. The deacons at my church paid me $2 a week to keep it swept and mopped.
Jan 29, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: They won't forget what they've seen
Nearly 30 years ago Greg told me how it was, cutting the ears off dead men.
Jan 22, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: Embrace the boo
We gather here today to parse the meaning of "boo."
Jan 15, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: Foolish consistency, or just foolishness?
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."
Jan 08, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: Christmas lessons from 70 years ago
A thin fragment of moon stood watch that Christmas Eve as the president of the United States and the prime minister of Great Britain came out onto the South Portico of the White House. They were there to light the national Christmas tree — and to speak a holiday greeting to an uncertain world.
Dec 11, 2011 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: A teenager takes on her governor — and wins
Let's talk about the smallness first.
Dec 04, 2011 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: Cain is running on empty
You likely remember the 3 a.m. phone call.
Nov 27, 2011 | 12:00 am
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Leonard Pitts: Penn State acted too little, too late
So they did the right thing. Belatedly.
Nov 20, 2011 | 12:00 am
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