It's no secret that the media has fragmented in recent years, that audiences have been cut into slivers, and that more and… — Nancy Gibbs Audiences Copy Share Image
Teaching sometimes seems like not one profession, but every profession. We ask them to be doctor and diplomat, calf-herder, map-maker, wizard and… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
High school is a haunted house in April, when seniors act up because the end is near. Even those who hate school… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
“To one degree or another every president is haunted by those who went before, but few so literally as Johnson. No president… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Maybe as times get worse we get better. Our pain makes us feel other people's too; our fear lets us practice valor;… — Nancy Gibbs Fear Copy Share Image
Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly - young and old, faithful and cynical… — Nancy Gibbs Attention Copy Share Image
Virtues, like viruses, have their seasons of contagion. When catastrophe strikes, generosity spikes like a fever. Courage spreads in the face of… — Nancy Gibbs Catastrophe Copy Share Image
The Catholic Church is one of the oldest, largest and richest institutions on earth, with a following 1.2 billion strong, and change… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
If the Presidents Club had a seal, around the ring would be three words: cooperation, competition, and consolation. On the one hand,… — Nancy Gibbs Blessing Copy Share Image
Time dissolves in summer anyway: days are long, weekends longer. Hours get all thin and watery when you are lost in the… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
For God to be kept out of the classroom or out of America's public debate by nervous school administrators or overcautious politicians… — Nancy Gibbs Administrators Copy Share Image
All our efforts to guard and guide our children may just get in the way of the one thing they need most… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
The millennials were raised in a cocoon, their anxious parents afraid to let them go out in the park to play. So… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
“The only way to guarantee smart decisions, Ike believed, was to bring all the responsible parties together and have them fight it… — Nancy Gibbs Smart decisions Copy Share Image
While we meant to invite debate about some ways the word was used this year, that nuance was lost, and we regret… — Nancy Gibbs Debate Copy Share Image
We will never know if any other president approached Nixon in paranoia, profanity or potential criminality, since only his conversations were captured,… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
After the 1960s and '70s, there were real doubts about whether a mortal man could handle the country's highest office. It had… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I'm sentimental about many things: the lumpy feel of a baby's unused feet, the metallic smell of the air before the first… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
A good president needs a big comfort zone. He should be able to treat enemies as opportunities, appear authentic in joy and… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image