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LEONARD PITTS JR.; THE MIAMI HERALD
“One of the worries we have obviously in the next campaign is that there are so many of these so-called super PACs, these independent expenditures that are gonna be out there, there is gonna be just a lot of money floating around and I guarantee a bunch of it’s gonna be negative.”
LEONARD PITTS JR.; THE MIAMI HERALD
Really? Seriously?
LEONARD PITTS JR.; THE MIAMI HERALD
This was for us.
LEONARD PITTS JR.; THE MIAMI HERALD
A picture, the saying goes, is worth a thousand words. Unfortunately, we have only about 550 with which to appraise a picture that has raised eyebrows across the country: In it, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is seen wagging her finger in President Barack Obama’s face during his visit to her state last week.
LEONARD PITTS JR.; THE MIAMI HERALD
In a democracy, nothing is supposed to matter more than the will of the people.
LEONARD PITTS JR.; THE MIAMI HERALD
I got my first job when I was 12. The deacons at my church paid me $2 a week to keep it swept and mopped.
LEONARD PITTS JR.; THE MIAMI HERALD
You might call this a requiem for reverence.
LEONARD PITTS JR.; THE MIAMI HERALD
Nearly 30 years ago Greg told me how it was, cutting the ears off dead men.
LEONARD PITTS JR.; THE MIAMI HERALD
So here’s how it is:
LEONARD PITTS JR.; THE MIAMI HERALD
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
LEONARD PITTS JR.; THE MIAMI HERALD
Let the first word be one of compassion.
LEONARD PITTS JR.; THE MIAMI HERALD
Let’s talk about the smallness first.
LEONARD PITTS JR.; THE MIAMI HERALD
A menacing crowd of protesters had encircled police, and they had no choice but to defend themselves with pepper spray.
LEONARD PITTS JR.; THE MIAMI HERALD
You likely remember the 3 a.m. phone call.
LEONARD PITTS JR.; THE MIAMI HERALD
So they did the right thing. Belatedly.
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