Gail Collins
Gail Collins
Gail Collinsis an American journalist, op-ed columnist and author, most recognized for her work with the New York Times. Joining the Times in 1995 as a member of the editorial board, from 2001 to 2007 she served as the paper's Editorial Page Editor – the first woman to attain that position. Collins writes a semi-weekly op-ed column for the Times, published Thursdays and Saturdays. In 2014 she co-authored a blog with David Brooks, "The Conversation," at NYTimes.com, featuring political commentary...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth25 November 1945
CountryUnited States of America
Downplaying their faults is pretty much the point of campaigns. But we do count on them living with the constant terror of public rejection.
Illegal immigration can never be completely stopped, no matter how high the wall or how many patrol agents you have watching it.
In college, the guys aren't worrying about whether they'll be able to pursue their career dreams and still have kids.
The history of American women is all about leaving home - crossing oceans and continents, or getting jobs and living on their own.
The idea that 'if you don't like how things are going, you can just leave' is so ingrained in Texas, the secession movement is no surprise.
This is the moment when I should also admit that when the Internet first arrived I kept telling people it was a fad.
Well, it'd certainly be fascinating if we discovered that gays were better at being married than heterosexuals are. Talk about irony.
When people say this isn't the America they grew up in, they're right. Nobody gets to grow old in the America they grew up in.
I write about how in Midland, the mayor instituted water conservation measures like restrictions on car washing. He made a point though that they were only "suggestions" and not government telling people what to do. But then his constituents got very ticked off at the sight of their neighbors breaking the rules and demanded that they be made into actual laws with penalties.
Whenever you bring up women's internal workings, guys want to change the subject. Unless, of course, they're trying to change the laws.
Women are needed in the military because there aren't enough soldiers, and we're seeing more women serve.
As long as we decline to allow sick, uninsured people to just lie down and die on the side of the road, everybody has to have insurance for the health care system to work sanely.
Certainly people in empty places feel they have the right to do what they want to their property and don't necessarily see the effect of their pollution or pesticides on others. But Texans have an appreciation for water problems and are very aware of the droughts.
I used to like John McCain, too, but I must admit that was because he was bucking his party to do things I agreed with. I would not have had that reaction if, say, Bernie Sanders decided to rebel out of principle and support privatizing Social Security.