Leonard Pitts Jr.

Okay, so my regular readers (all four of them) will attest that I don’t often find reason to praise my local newspaper, the Portland Oregonian, especially this last year, during the “Obama boot-licking marathon” of the editorial staff. 
In fact, overlooking the comics, crosswords, and Margie Boule’s articles, most of my opinions on Oregonian’s content hasn’t [...]

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The Secret?

There are a million quotes out there,
a million squared,
at our fingertips.
Deep meanings, wise counsels, shallow platitudes,
offering us the secret of a happy life.
Maybe the only secret to a happy life is second chances…
Seventy times seven, a million squared,
as many second-chances as it takes.
-Perk
Your thoughts?

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Thirteen

 
I was walking past the mental hospital the other day, and some patients were chanting, “13….13….13…”
The fence was too high to see over, but I saw a little gap in the planks and looked through to see what was going on.
Then some jerk poked me in the eye with a stick!
Then they all started [...]

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