Gail Collins's Blog, page 78

Bill, Barack and Us

[image error] The Democratic convention was treated to many, many, many words of wisdom from the Talker in Chief.

Between the Acts

GAIL COLLINS David, we're halfway through the convention process. We've spent quite a bit of time conversing about it in different venues and now -- print! I'm enjoying the conversing. It's just the conventions themselves I've come to hate. DAVID BROOKS Are you kidding? These things should go on for weeks. Thursday night alone offered as much emotional volatility as a year of ''Real Housewives.'' Here were these incredibly moving stories of how Mitt Romney ministered to the infant Kate Finlay...

Between the Acts

Gail Collins and David Brooks discuss the political conventions.

Only the Good Get Rich

[image error] Good news, people! There was plenty of time on the flight home from Tampa to read through the Republican Party’s platform for you.

Renovating Mitt Romney

[image error] Do you feel as if you’ve met a new, improved, more lovable Mitt, people? If not, the Republicans failed completely.

Arms and the Duck

[image error] The gun lobby fairy tale resurfaces. News flash: It’s only in the movies that people are good shots during a violent encounter.

Whose Ryan Is It Anyway?

Brooks and Collins discuss Paul Ryan, the Ryan plan and whether good parents make good presidents.

The Sexual Spirit of ’76

[image error] We need to revisit colonial-era biology today, people. Thanks to a certain Missouri politician, we can put off getting to the bottom of those Medicare cost projections till another day.

Political Page Turners

[image error] Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney are NOT the same person! Yes, yes, yes. I’ve heard all the rumors, too. But let’s get a few things straight.

Middle-Age Blues

[image error] We are learning so much about Paul Ryan, people! But what will this all mean to the American health care system?