What truly matters during the season - Leonard Pitts Jr. - MiamiHerald.com

From the end of Leonard Pitts Jr.'s column he said, ".. the things we need most in this life cannot be found in temples of commerce or bought at any price."

"IN MY OPINION

What truly matters during the season

 

 

BY LEONARD PITTS JR.

LPITTS@MIAMIHERALD.COM

Bing Crosby would be appalled.

With singer Carol Richards, the great crooner once popularized a song, Silver Bells, about the joy of Christmas shopping. “Strings of street lights,” it went, “even stop lights, blink a bright and red and green as the shoppers rush home with their treasures.”

Of course, that was in 1950, a more genteel era when men still wore hats and women still wore gloves. These days, one would be well-advised to wear Kevlar."

To read the balance of his column click on the link below.

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What truly matters during the season - Leonard Pitts Jr. - MiamiHerald.com

The miracle of Malala Yousafzai against Taliban in Pakistan

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 Two quotes from the Leonard Pitts' column that appeared in the (Utica, NY) Observer Dispatch about Malala Yousufzai the school girl that the Taliban attempted to assasinate: "...punitive people of faith are often too glib, facile and mean in claiming to have divined the divine. Just as often, their interpretations say less about God than about them, the things they hate and fear, the narrowness of their vision, the niggardliness of their souls." A second quote: "Take it all as a stark reminder that too often, people who speak glibly of the will of God really describe no will higher than their own. They presume to interpret God like tarot cards of the stock market,..." This is true not only of the Taliban but some people who are Christen, Jewish, or from some other faith group can make the same mistake. 

To read all of Leonard Pitts' column go to: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/13/3095659/the-miracle-of-malala-yousafzai.html#morer