List/Grid Author Archives: Leonard Pitts / Syndicated Columnist
Customer service, can you hold?
Dear Whomever is in Charge of Customer Service for DirecTV: All I wanted was to wa ...
Drone attacks aren’t who we are
If it is true, as the writer Samuel Johnson once said, that "patriotism is the last refuge of ...
Christie weight debate by a nation in big, fat denial
So it turns out Chris Christie is fat. If, somehow, that fact had escaped you befo ...
Is the elephant evolving or just a pig with lipstick?
Maybe the party is finally over. Meaning not simply the Grand Old Party, but more specifically the b ...
‘No’ More Powerful Than a Gun
Rush Limbaugh thinks John Lewis should have been armed. "If a lot of African-Americans back in ...
It’s Not Effectiveness, But Morality
Does torture work? It is a Bush-era debate that has found Obama-era relevance beca ...
Colo. Students on to Something by Avoiding Gun Dorms
Young people are not exactly renowned for their judgment. We are, after all, talki ...
Never Say ‘Never, Ever, Ever, Ever’
A few words to ponder as we sail toward the fiscal cliff. Those words would be: "That was then ...
Separate Standards Mean Lower Expectations
I take this one personally. Let me tell you why. As I recall, I scored 960 on my S ...
Divine Works in Mysterious Ways
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways." - Isaiah 55 ...
Soul Searching Ahead for GOP
Thank goodness that's over. The presidential campaign of 2012 did not in fact last long enough ...
Retooled Obama Calibrated for ’12
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - What do you do after hope and change have failed? This was the question Barac ...
