February 5, 2010
Congress
No Holds Barred
“There is a stupendous lack of real enthusiasm in the Senate for doing anything as dramatic as eliminating the senators’ right to stop things.”
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#35 Gail Collins
The New York Times
Gail Collins is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, where she previously served as the editorial-page editor.
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Good-natured but pointed, Collins can make light of politics' darkest truths and ugliest contradictions. Relying on barbs and one-liners, Collins likes to make sport of Republicans on the national stage and politicians of all stripes in New York City and Albany. If politics is theater, Collins sits in the back row, lobbing tomatoes.
Collins's obsession with the personal foibles of politicians has won her both fans and detractors. She has a predilection for running quizzes in her column space, typically asking readers to match the congressman or presidential candidate to the appropriate scandal or gaffe.
Good-natured but pointed, Collins can make light of politics' darkest truths and ugliest contradictions. Relying on barbs and one-liners, Collins likes to make sport of Republicans on the national stage and politicians of all stripes in New York City and Albany. If politics is theater, Collins sits in the back row, lobbing tomatoes.
Collins's obsession with the personal foibles of politicians has won her both fans and detractors. She has a predilection for running quizzes in her column space, typically asking readers to match the congressman or presidential candidate to the appropriate scandal or gaffe.
Gail Collins on All Topics
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February 4, 2010
Fiscal Policy
Florida, We Have a Problem
“How can you not be fascinated when the White House announces it wants to cancel plans to put an American on the moon by 2020? Weren’t we already there?”
February 1, 2010
Congress
Illinois's Daddy Problem
“Compared with Illinois, Massachusetts is Athens in the age of Pericles.”
January 29, 2010
NYC Terrorist Trial
Another Inconvenient Truth
“We’re currently stuck in a place where people no longer feel as though they need to be part of the solution.”
January 28, 2010
State Of The Union
United We Rant
“Barack Obama did not leave Hawaii to wind up remembered as the James Polk of the 21st century.”
January 22, 2010
Scott Brown's Rise
The Lady and the Arlen
“If the Democrats are looking for a wake-up call from Massachusetts, the big rooster in the room is the plethora of underwhelming candidates they are fielding.”
January 20, 2010
Kennedy's Replacement
Democratic Silver Linings
“Now that [Democrats are] down to 59 votes, the theory is that we’ll have such modest expectations that we’ll fall down with admiration if the senators manage to get their shoe laces tied in the morning.”
January 15, 2010
Kennedy's Replacement
Lend Me Your Ears
“We seem to be living in a time of intense but inchoate communication. What better symbol than the official joining of Sarah Palin and Fox News?”
January 14, 2010
Health Care Reform
The 10 Percent Rules
“Why isn’t 90 percent of the country marching on the Capitol with teapots and funny hats, waving signs about the filibuster?”
January 8, 2010
Gun Control
Wizard With a Bad Plan
“Gun control is one of those issues where deep political division hides a general national consensus.”
January 7, 2010
Democrats
Oh, Byron, We Hardly Knew Ye
“Senator Byron Dorgan is retiring! I know this comes as a shock to you, people. Also Senator Chris Dodd! We are only one week into the new year, and the political world is in turmoil. It’s a wonder we can continue on with our regular duties.”
December 18, 2009
Health Care Reform
The Perils of Pauline
“Has the health care bill been so abused by the various pols who’ve held its fate in their hands that it’s time to put it out of its misery?”
December 17, 2009
Health Care Reform
Sorry, Senator Kerry
“Who would have thought that this holiday season we’d be obsessed with the senator from Connecticut? Really, I was hoping it would be more about shopping for mittens on the Internet.”
December 13, 2009
War in Afghanistan
Going Naked in Kabul
“Do you remember the scandal about the U.S. Embassy guards in Kabul, Afghanistan, who got naked and held wild hazing rituals?”
December 10, 2009
Love and Sex
The Joys of Political Sex
“It’s time for political sex scandals to reclaim their rightful place in our national discourse. The way things have been going lately, you’d think extramarital sex only happened to professional athletes.”