The battles after the wars are over can be the toughest; there's no longer the public interest that accompanies, for good and… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Across much of the developing world, by the time she is 12, a girl is tending house, cooking, cleaning. She eats what's… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
After 9/11, whatever the evidence of intelligence failures, many people still saw that attack as almost unimaginable, so brutal and brazen an assault. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
In the weeks after 9/11, out of the pain and the fear there arose also grace and gratitude, eruptions of intense kindness… — 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
Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room.… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share
The millennials were raised in a cocoon, their anxious parents afraid to let them go out in the park to play. So should we… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share
Be bored and see where it takes you, because the imagination's dusty wilderness is worth crossing if you want to sculpt your soul. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share
As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share
[Former chief executives] come away thinking that America needs a strong, functioning presidency to succeed, and they become very protective of that office. Democrats… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share
It's hard to think of any tool, any instrument, any object in history with which so many developed so close a relationship so quickly… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share
“Lydon Johnson realized he really was President, that his identity had changed by President Kennedy's shocking death, when aides who had been like family… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share
A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share
George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share
For God to be kept out of the classroom or out of America's public debate by nervous school administrators or overcautious politicians serves no… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share
Pain is the most private experience, but its causes, whether natural or man-made, demand public accounting. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share
On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history as the… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share
When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share
If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share
