MiamiHerald.com: Leonard Pitts on Obama http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Leonard Pitts on Obama http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Leonard Pitts on Obama 60 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:35:37 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com We need a history lesson about Nazis http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/1192566.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/1192566.html Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:38 EDT I hope this column makes you sick. Unity, hope must conquer division, hate http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/906614.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/906614.html Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:18 EST The killers would have worn top hats. Having already murdered 102 African Americans, 14 by beheading, they would have driven at top speed toward Barack Obama, leaning from the windows of their vehicle, dressed in top hats and white tuxedos, firing guns. Don't let fear trump hope http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/906603.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/906603.html Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:09 EST They'll be back. Don't think for a minute that they won't. Some blacks forgot sting of discrimination http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/906610.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/906610.html Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:15 EST Gay people, like black people, know how it feels to watch other people vote upon your very humanity. Years of struggle, sacrifice bring us to historic day http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/860411.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/860411.html Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:28 EST ``My soul looks back and wonders how I got over.'' And I wish Rosa were here. She made history by refusing to give up her seat. It was just over 53 years ago, on a cold December night in Montgomery, and something got into her that said, Enough, no more. No more laughing when she was not amused, no more scratching where she did not itch, no more giving up a seat she had paid for with U.S. currency earned from the sweat of her own brow, just because the man... A crowning moment for blacks http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853148.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853148.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:29 EST "For the first time in my adult lifetime I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change." -- Michelle Obama, Feb. 18, 2008 The meaning of black http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853106.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853106.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:24 EST black \'blak\ adjective There is no truth to the rumor . . . http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853074.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853074.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:02 EST "Be careful what you do, 'cause the lie becomes the truth." Vision of a better America becoming a reality http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853071.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853071.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:57 EST He spoke of the promise before he spoke of the dream. Thoughtful questions, candid answers http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853070.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853070.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:54 EST First I spent long moments trying to decide upon my greatest moral failing. Then I spent longer moments asking myself whether I'd really want to share that failing with an audience of millions. 'Real' America has been here all along http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853061.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853061.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:49 EST A few words about the search for America. When hysteria and satire meet http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853059.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853059.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:46 EST Satire is tricky. It makes its point by exaggerating wildly with a straight face. In inflating a thing beyond all common sense or propriety, it seeks to render inconsistencies and hypocrisies glaringly apparent. Satire seeks truth in the ridiculous. For illustration, see any given episode of The Colbert Report. Obama must confront Muslim issue http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853054.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853054.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:43 EST It is not difficult to understand why Barack Obama has a fear of scarves. Stop trying to weasel out of what is self-evident http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853053.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853053.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:40 EST Sure, I'll answer your question. Poor whites are being conned http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853035.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853035.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:28 EST I keep thinking I should be mad at West Virginia. The messenger who killed the message http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853019.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853019.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:23 EST My cousin thinks Jeremiah Wright walks on water. Obama: Being black confers no advantage http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853013.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/853013.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:16 EST I bet Hillary Clinton wishes Bob Johnson would stop trying to help her. Obama's speech on race courageous http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/852987.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/852987.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:06 EST For a people so obsessed with race, we are exceptionally bad at talking about it. 'Experience' is a phony issue in this campaign http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/852980.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/852980.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:02 EST Hillary Clinton is right. Barack Obama does not have the experience to be president of the United States. Obama's sucess tied to his eloquence http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/852977.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/obama/story/852977.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:57 EST A few words in defense of words.