Leonard Pitts
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Of dollars and sense and cheap government
BC-PITTS-COLUMN-ADV18:MI: (1106 words) Leonard Pitts Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML I think George W. Bush deserves a raise. You're waiting for the punchline, I know. You're figuring with a setup like that, about a president whose popularity lives down where moles and earthworms do, the payoff's got to be a doozy. Sorry, but there... May/16/2008 8:06 AM |
Living and dying with injustice
BC-PITTS-COLUMN:MI: (1089 words) Leonard Pitts Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML I asked you a question. It was two weeks ago in this space. I asked how, given its documented biases against black people, I can trust the justice system. Hundreds of responses came in, many of them quite thoughtful, some, less so. But there were a... May/13/2008 3:47 PM |
What works: Freedom Project instills lofty dreams in black students
BC-PITTS-COLUMN-ADV11:MI: (1088 words) Leonard Pitts Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML SUNFLOWER, Miss. - Joaquin Burse wants to go to Harvard and be a laser tech. You might think that's a lofty goal. Truth is, you have no idea how lofty it is. Because Joaquin, 13, is black and lives here, in the heart of Mississippi's Delta, where... May/9/2008 8:04 AM |
Freedom is just another empty word
BC-PITTS-COLUMN:MI: (1064 words) Leonard Pitts Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML I'd like to think it was the sangria talking. But the plain truth is, when Anna said she doesn't find this country to be especially free, it was Anna talking. Granted, her complaint is hardly new. People often grouse about the lack of freedom in the... May/6/2008 3:47 PM |
Rev. Wright, drowning in a sea of hypocrisy
BC-PITTS-COLUMN-ADV04:MI: (1081 words) Leonard Pitts Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML My cousin thinks Jeremiah Wright walks on water. He is a minister, my cousin, and for years, whenever I've visited him in Chicago, he has asked the same question: have I ever attended one of the Rev. Wright's services? When I said no, he would lecture.. May/2/2008 8:01 AM |
Seriously, how can we trust the justice system?
BC-PITTS-COLUMN:MI: (1072 words) Leonard Pitts Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML I want you to tell me how I can trust the justice system. Mister Attorney General, the question is for you. And you too, Ms. Police Officer, Madame District Attorney, and Mr. Judge. It is also for you, Mr. and Ms. Average Citizen. I realize this will... Apr/29/2008 3:49 PM |
Modern Christianity out of step with Jesus' teachings
BC-PITTS-COLUMN-ADV27:MI: (1081 words) Leonard Pitts Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML James Lawson is out of step with modern Christianity. Take gay marriage. Speaking in support of a proposed state constitutional ban on same sex unions, one Rev. Hayes Wicker of First Baptist Church in Naples, Fla., was recently quoted by the Naples... Apr/25/2008 8:00 AM |
We and Us vs. Them and They
BC-PITTS-COLUMN:MI: (1081 words) Leonard Pitts Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML Let's talk about us. Not as in you and me but, rather, as in common cause. I've been thinking about "us" for a few days, ever since I happened upon a message board for sports fans following the NBA playoffs. The conversation was what you'd expect -... Apr/22/2008 11:48 AM |
BET's Johnson: Sleaze and self-loathing
BC-PITTS-COLUMN-ADV20:MI: (919 words) Leonard Pitts Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML I bet Hillary Clinton wishes Bob Johnson would stop trying to help her. Johnson is the billionaire BET founder and Clinton supporter who embarrassed his candidate and himself during the South Carolina primary by clumsily attempting to inject Barack... Apr/18/2008 8:02 AM |
'Fame: I'm gonna live forever, and people will know I'm an idiot'
BC-PITTS-COLUMN:MI: (1068 words) Leonard Pitts Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML They wanted to be famous. Of all the troubling aspects of the Lakeland, Fla., tale of thuggery and brutality that has recently made national headlines, that's arguably the most appalling. Not that there isn't plenty more here to disgust any observer... Apr/15/2008 3:41 PM |
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