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2013/05/22 17:28
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Mark Carson was shot in the face because he's gay. His alleged killer, 33-year old Elliot Morales, is said to have confronted Carson, 32, and a companion, in New York's Greenwich Village last Friday...
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2013/05/20 13:44
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Leonard Pitts Jr. is a columnist for the Miami Herald. Reach him at lpitts@herald.com. Well, this is a fine mess. After years of moaning about various "conspiracies" against them, conservative...
2013/05/19 16:22
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At great political peril, George Ryan did the right thing. Not to canonize the man. After all, the then-governor of Illinois was later imprisoned on corruption charges. But that doesn't change that,...
2013/05/18 03:20
2013/05/18 03:20
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Commencement speaker Leonard Pitts Jr. describes his graduation experience as Parkland President Thomas Ramage listens during Parkland College Graduation in Foellinger Great Hall at Krannert Center...
2013/05/15 12:20
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URBANA — Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. will deliver the keynote address at Parkland College's commencement ceremonies this Friday. The ceremony will be at 8 p.m. Friday at the...
2013/05/13 13:44
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Leonard Pitts Jr. is a columnist for the Miami Herald. Reach him at lpitts@herald.com. Brenda Heist wanted to run away from life. Naturally, she went to Key West, Fla. The first time I was down...
2013/05/13 09:31
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It should've been the shot heard around the world. Chances are, you didn't hear it. An ominous sort of history was made last week near Austin, Texas, but it seems to have largely escaped notice....
2013/05/12 06:03
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What does it say about the state of race relations in a supposedly post-racial America when the visit of a white conservative U.S. Senator to a predominantly black university is excoriated in a...
2013/05/11 04:22
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Brenda Heist wanted to run away from life. Naturally, she went to Key West, Fla. The first time I was down there, I saw a highway sign that, for me, perfectly captured the meaning of that place....
2013/05/06 13:44
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Leonard Pitts Jr. is a columnist for the Miami Herald. Reach him at lpitts@herald.com. And just like that, history is made. Just that quickly, a barrier becomes rubble. Just that fast, everything...
2013/05/05 16:22
2013/05/05 16:22
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If the state of Texas executes Duane Buck, it'll be because he is black. Well, mainly it will be because in 1995, he shot his ex-girlfriend, Debra Gardner, and her friend, Kenneth Butler, to death at...
2013/05/03 04:47
2013/05/03 04:47
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No prayer? I never did like the choice of Robin Hines for Houston County superintendent and his recent decision for no prayer/hymns at graduation proves I was right. He caves in to other people’s...
2013/05/03 04:22
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And just like that, history is made. Just that quickly, a barrier becomes rubble. Just that fast, everything changes. "I'm a 34-year-old NBA center," writes Jason Collins in the May 6 edition of...
2013/05/01 04:47
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This is for the rest of us. Meaning the ones who don’t have personal chefs, gift-wrapping rooms or hired sycophants, who don’t hobnob or rub shoulders, and who drive the same car every day of the...
2013/04/29 13:44
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Leonard Pitts Jr. is a columnist for the Miami Herald. Reach him at lpitts@herald.com. Rand Paul did just fine at Howard University, thank you very much. Or at least, that's how he remembers...
2013/04/29 05:35
2013/04/29 05:35
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E-mail comments, 50 words or fewer, to opline@wichitaeagle.com. The kids need shoes. The refrigerator is broken. The car needs new brakes. We are three months behind on the rent. I need dental work....
2013/04/28 12:19
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Ordinarily, I’d thank you for writing. But truth is, I am not grateful you wrote; your note last week was one of the more troubling things I have read. I do not blame you for leaving it...
2013/04/26 07:21
2013/04/26 07:21
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Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, is a columnist for the Miami Herald. ORDINARILY, I’d thank you for writing. But truth is, I am not grateful you wrote. Your note...
2013/04/23 05:18
2013/04/23 05:18
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: 'Oh, my God' Soon after the explosions, there appeared on the website of The Boston Globe a video of the moment. Runners in the city's iconic marathon are jogging across the finish...
2013/04/22 13:44
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Leonard Pitts Jr. is a columnist for the Miami Herald. Reach him at lpitts@herald.com. There are many things to say about Brad Paisley's new song. The country music giant is under fire for...