Sat columns

Leonard Pitts and Walter Williams, as usual, had very good columns this AM. Williams wrote of the disservice the diversity bean-counters have done to black students. Reminds me of "Everybody goes to college!" Brilliant, just brilliant--really of the former, sarcastically of the latter. Pitts wrote of the Fla minister who wants to burn Qu'rans. I think it's silly, but this is America; the minister can do what he wants as long as he isn't harming anyone. And, no, I don't think he's hurting anybody. Pitts rails, correctly, about the idiocy of this, and that we, perhaps idiotically ourselves, allow it to become a major story. But I think he misses a great opportunity to rail, not equally, but even more so, against Islamists who would use such idiocy to kill more people. The jihadists, those purporting to speak for "the religion of peace," have called for this minister's death. Will I see op-ed pieces condemning this? It's obviously a much more terrible thing, isn't it? That's where the anger and concern should really be focused. So some guy has a bonfire where he burns religious books. Others use this as an excuse to murder people. Hmmm.... Where should our real concern and anger be focused?

Still, it's good to see that these two fine columnists, often at odds with each other, continue to be well worth reading--insightful, thought-provoking, and reasoned. We can learn a lot from each of them.