Gail Collins's Blog, page 107

Oh, Byron, We Hardly Knew Ye.

Two Democratic senators quitting at the beginning of the New Year is seen as a terrible portent for 2010.

The Year-End Quiz

It is time to take the challenge. Test your knowledge of events and quotations from the last year.

That Was the Year That Was

It is good to bid farewell to 2009. And imagine how Obama must feel. Every problem was a long, grueling slog.

The New Perils of Pauline

Has the health care bill been so abused by the various politicians who've held its fate in their hands that it's time to put it out of its misery?

Sorry, Senator Kerry

Putting aside the theories about why Joe Lieberman is trying to hijack health care reform, let's focus on a surprisingly good former presidential candidate John Kerry.

Going Naked in Kabul

When did we decide that letting private contractors stand in for our military in sensitive and dangerous situations was a good plan?

The Joys of Political Sex

News about Tiger Woods doesn't compare to the excitement of sexual misbehavior that can be investigated by a legislative committee.

The Lost Weekend

If Republicans can't kill the health care bill completely, they seem intent on raising its price tag, which can only be explained as crass political calculation.

OP-ED COLUMNIST; The Long Hot Winter

Now is the winter of our discontent. And, officially, it's still fall. I have developed a whole new appreciation for the hysteria over Tiger Woods. Many critics of the news media believe we are spending way too much time worrying about why a golfer had a car accident at the end of his driveway. But given the incredibly depressing nature of all the big news stories of the week, if you want to focus on Tiger's marital problems, I am in total sympathy.

The Long Hot Winter

Given the incredibly depressing nature of all the big news stories of the week, it's understandable that people would rather focus on Tiger Woods's marital problems.