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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Josh Hawley blind to irony
So last week, Sen. Josh Hawley complained that he was being “silenced.” He lodged this complaint on Fox “News” and in The New York Post. As social media observers promptly pointed out, that’s a level of media exposure that effectively refutes the senator’s claim. But Hawley is in a snit...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: We should all want to answer Biden’s call for unity
It’s been said of Abraham Lincoln he had a “mystical” devotion to the idea of Union. His conviction the American states were united in an indissoluble bond is what braced him through the monstrous burdens he bore. It’s not too much to say the very existence of this country owes...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: What Trump was not was enough for them
To the Republican Party: As the Trump administration stumbles through its final hours, it seems a proper time to offer a summation of the era just passed. Ordinarily, this calls for analytical heavy lifting. One seeks to reconcile a mosaic of accomplishments, failures and compromises into a single coherent portrait....
Leonard Pitts Jr.: After the Capitol rampage, what now?
So what now? A few things, actually. But before we get to them, we must recognize last week’s insurrectionist rampage at the Capitol for what it was. It is being seen, and not wrongly, as the angry response of delusional right-wingers lied into believing a presidential election was stolen. It...


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