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Smith: The Black movie theater experience

LARRY SMITH - January 20, 2022

“A wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one’s life, to one’s home or homeland, or to...

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Smith: Mocking Dr. King’s legacy

LARRY SMITH - January 13, 2022

In a few days, those of us who actually know — and who genuinely embrace — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy will endure...

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Smith: Facing mortality

LARRY SMITH - December 30, 2021

“It’s time for a biopsy.” My doctor spoke those words calmly, though not necessarily solemnly. He added, in his matter-of-fact manner, “It could just...

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Smith: A man apart

LARRY SMITH - December 16, 2021

In 2003 I resigned from an executive role at a company that ranks in the top third of the Fortune 500. I did so...

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Smith: Who’s canceling whom?

LARRY SMITH - December 9, 2021

It is a gross understatement to say that one of the major social controversies of our day is the notion of so-called “cancel culture.” Conservatives...

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Smith: Is there common ground on our history?

LARRY SMITH - November 23, 2021

This past June, I wrote a column about critical race theory. My point can be summed up as follows: “I cannot overemphasize the fact that...

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Smith: Rittenhouse and race

LARRY SMITH - November 18, 2021

In English grammar, the present perfect tense can refer to a state of being or an action that started in the past and continues...

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Smith: Don’t throw them away

LARRY SMITH - November 11, 2021

When people think of a “typical” Jamaican, the following image probably comes to mind: a red-headed (slightly graying), somewhat rotund white man who stands...

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Smith: The root of the problem

LARRY SMITH - October 15, 2021

Left-leaning pundits frequently argue that today’s GOP is the party of white grievance and that Donald Trump is the personification thereof. While this view...

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