Obama promised a return to competence and confidence and asked the nation to believe again that the government could do big things… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Americans sometimes ask what the government does and where their tax money goes. Among other things, it pays for all kinds of… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
It's funny how things change slowly, until the day we realize they've changed completely. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
There are many things that matter much more than an editor's gender in shaping the direction of the leadership. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
'Sesame Street's' genius lies in finding gentle ways to talk about hard things - death, divorce, danger - in terms that children… — 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 lot of camps and summer programs for kids seem to have discovered that among the most valuable things they offer is… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I feel like my competition is everything else that's competing for people's attention, not just other print magazines, newspapers and cable. It's… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Summer is not obligatory. We can start an infernally hard jigsaw puzzle in June with the knowledge that, if there are enough… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
[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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's. — 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 serves no… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Pain is the most private experience, but its causes, whether natural or man-made, demand public accounting. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
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 Image