Gail Collins's Blog, page 74

Revolt of the Cliff Dwellers

Something akin to a high-stakes poker game, rabid ferrets, a surprise Plan B. These fiscal-cliff negotiations have it all!

The Newtown Aftermath

Brooks and Collins on the prospects for better gun control and better mental health care in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre.

Looking for America

We have to make ourselves better. Otherwise, the story from Connecticut is too unspeakable to bear.

Another Boom Year

Look no further, people! We’ve got all the zombie news that’s fit to print in one column right here.

Political Predictions, Holiday Edition

Brooks and Collins on Christmas tree vendors, Hanukkah fundamentalists and Obama’s second term.

Twenty and Counting

So there are going to be more women in Congress. But what does that mean?

Santorum Strikes Again

Good news, people! Thanks to a big Senate vote this week, now we know what happened to Rick Santorum.

Grand Bargain Express

Brooks and Collins capture the slithering loopholes and solve our budgetary problems.

Mitt’s Oval Office Moment

A makeup meal at the White House doesn’t even have to make the loser feel better.

Happy Talking

If the issue of the filibuster and whether the Senate should have one comes up over the holiday, what are you going to say? I want you to be prepared, people!