NEWS COLUMNIST

• November 17, 2001: When hate's truly deep, talk's cheap

  By LEONARD PITTS JR.

  Laura Beth Kulbacki knows how to end the threat of terrorism.

• October 4, 2001: Don't Search for Normalcy, Just Move On

  ``I'm so damn scared.''

• September 29, 2001: Terror shakes faith, puts God in question

  By LEONARD PITTS JR.

  So how could God have allowed this to happen?

• September 27, 2001: Peaceniks usually right, but not now

  By LEONARD PITTS JR.

  Chances are, you've never heard of Jeanette Rankin. It was immediately after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that she became, for a moment, famous. Or maybe the word is, infamous.

• September 22, 2001: It's difficult, but life must go on

  By LEONARD PITTS JR.

  For the past few days, I've been trying to remember who Gary Condit is.

• September 20, 2001: Hatred for the U.S.? Evil is as evil does

  By LEONARD PITTS JR.

  Let's get something straight.

• September 16, 2001: Enemies made us remember our heritage

  By LEONARD PITTS JR.

  This will not be a video-game war.

• September 14, 2001: Amid raw pain, it's good to see a glimpse of continuity

  By LEONARD PITTS JR.

  I was supposed to be working on a column, but I got restless and went for a walk.

• September 13, 2001: Hatred is unworthy of us

  By LEONARD PITTS JR.

  Episodes from the aftermath of tragedy:

• Sept. 12, 2001: We'll go forward from this moment

  By LEONARD PITTS JR.

  They pay me to provide words that help make sense of that which troubles the American soul. But in this moment of airless shock when hot tears sting disbelieving eyes, the only thing I can find to say, the only words that seem to fit, must be addressed to the unknown author of this suffering.

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