MiamiHerald.com: Leonard Pitts on Obama

Don't let fear trump hope

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

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.

Unity, hope must conquer division, hate

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.

A crowning moment for blacks

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

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:24 EST

black \'blak\ adjective

There is no truth to the rumor . . .

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

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:57 EST

He spoke of the promise before he spoke of the dream.

Thoughtful questions, candid answers

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

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:49 EST

A few words about the search for America.

When hysteria and satire meet

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

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

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:40 EST

Sure, I'll answer your question.

Poor whites are being conned

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:28 EST

I keep thinking I should be mad at West Virginia.

The messenger who killed the message

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:23 EST

My cousin thinks Jeremiah Wright walks on water.

Obama: Being black confers no advantage

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

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

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

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:57 EST

A few words in defense of words.

'We need a leader, ' not a politician

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:55 EST

I was 6 years old when John F. Kennedy was killed.

Obama foes make appeal to ignorance, fear

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:04 EST

Barack Obama is not a Muslim.