Gail Collins's Blog, page 104

OP-ED COLUMNIST; Teachers Always Show Up

Sometimes, in election season, I have the feeling that the entire audience at political events is made up of teachers. O.K., maybe an exaggeration. Democratic political events. And you do see people from other unions, although, unlike the teachers, they tend to come in large buses and wear identical T-shirts. And there will be students, as long as the event in question takes place in a university gymnasium.

Teachers Always Show Up

Teachers good citizens who are constantly worried about what the government will do to them next win the political participation prize.

Red, Blue and Broke

Your elected officials work hard to create as many disasters as possible, and where's the credit?

Running on Empty

Election season has started in earnest, and one thing is crystal clear. Both the Democrats and the Republicans are hopeless.

Dance of the Derivatives

Regulation of the market for derivatives is up to the Senate agriculture committee because, really, everything is a crop.

Let's Just Indict the Deficit

Prosecutors have appeal as politicians, especially in disastrous times. But what kind of leaders do they really make?

Celebrating the Joys of April 15

If the I.R.S. had been doing its marketing properly, little kids would dream of growing up to become really big taxpayers.

The Curse of the Wow Factor

For some politicians, cultivating a wow factor has come with a serious dose of scary.

A Confederacy of Dunces

It's been a tough time lately for those of us who take social studies seriously. Just look at what's going on in Virginia and Texas and elsewhere.

Of Jets, Voyeurs and Back Wax

An attempt to discuss politicians who get in trouble for extravagant spending, without mentioning the R.N.C.'s expense-account party at that bondage club.