America's presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
It is actually the neuroscientists and evolutionists who do the best job of explaining the reasons behind the most unreasonable behavior. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I'm wondering how many elected figures any of us could find who do not, in the front or back of their minds,… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
It's the experts in adolescent development who wax most emphatic about the value of family meals, for it's in the teenage years… — 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
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
Runners exalt the marathon as a public test of private will, when months or years of solitary training, early mornings, lost weekends,… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Most of us were probably less than immaculately honest as teenagers; it's practically encoded into adolescence that you savor your secrets, dress… — 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
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