Leonard Pitts – Page 23 – The Portland Press Herald

Democrats mishandled the shutdown, and looked spineless to boot

The party seems to be scared of alienating voters who don’t embrace it instead of those who do.

by Leonard Pitts January 17, 2018January 16, 2018

The industry’s responsibility is to provide information, not to enforce the proper use thereof.

by Leonard Pitts January 10, 2018January 9, 2018

We got a factually flawed tale of chaos instead of true insight into what to make of the president and his team.

by Leonard Pitts January 3, 2018January 3, 2018

It’s scary that it’s now the norm for a president to lie with impunity, attack the FBI and CIA, bully the media and threaten nuclear war on Twitter.

by Leonard Pitts December 6, 2017December 5, 2017

The president doesn’t understand that both took risks to oppose the mistreatment of black people, and both sparked a national conversation.

by Leonard Pitts November 29, 2017November 28, 2017

A far-right group’s effort to scam The Washington Post is evidence of a war on media and the truth.

by Leonard Pitts November 15, 2017November 14, 2017

His backers won’t change; they can only be defeated. Last week’s voting results show that’s not impossible.

by Leonard Pitts November 8, 2017November 7, 2017

Columbine and Virginia Tech and Aurora and Newtown and Umpqua Community College and …

by Leonard Pitts October 25, 2017October 24, 2017

Objectivity often requires journalistic judgment to be trumpeted, especially amid a political circus.

by Leonard Pitts October 18, 2017October 17, 2017

Maybe then they’ll read Harper Lee’s classic, even if it makes them uncomfortable.