Personally, I'd be really glad to have a national conversation about whether to outlaw most forms of birth control. For once, the… — Gail Collins Birth Copy Share Image
I picked up my college copy of 'The Great Gatsby' in an attempt to recover from the movie and was interested to… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Sarah Palin is treated like a bimbo sometimes, but she has never given the public the respect they deserve. She acts silly… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Women in America will have to find an answer for the pressures of work and family, but if you really care about… — Gail Collins America Copy Share Image
Downplaying their faults is pretty much the point of campaigns. But we do count on them living with the constant terror of… — Gail Collins Campaigns Copy Share Image
The history of American women is all about leaving home - crossing oceans and continents, or getting jobs and living on their… — Gail Collins American women Copy Share Image
When people say this isn't the America they grew up in, they're right. Nobody gets to grow old in the America they… — Gail Collins America Copy Share Image
Well, it'd certainly be fascinating if we discovered that gays were better at being married than heterosexuals are. Talk about irony. — Gail Collins Being married Copy Share Image
Texas is a great place to be rich and a terrible place to be poor. It's got the highest percentage of people… — Gail Collins Country Copy Share Image
Conservatives were sure that if you eliminated welfare for single moms, it would eliminate - or at lease greatly reduce - single… — Gail Collins Babies Copy Share Image
When the women's movement started in the 1960s, there was a vision of a future where women didn't wear makeup or worry… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
To be honest, I haven't seen much serious budget planning since the Republicans took control of the House after the 2010 elections… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Any time you write history, you insert your opinion. You pick and choose what you are going to write about. I feel… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
I think voters want somebody who understands their problems. You're right that they don't expect the president to fix everything. When he's… — Gail Collins Congress Copy Share Image
The Tea Party people say they're angry about socialism, but maybe they're really angry about capitalism. If there's a sense of being… — Gail Collins Angry Copy Share Image
The whole student loan thing drives me completely nuts. If it wasn't possible for 18-year-olds to sign themselves up for tens of… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
One very clear memory I have of college is that I never learned anything in the big lectures. I have a feeling… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
DePaulo says that 'singlism' -- a term she coined and for which we are prepared to forgive her -- is not just… — Gail Collins Feminism Copy Share Image
This is the moment when I should also admit that when the Internet first arrived I kept telling people it was a… — Gail Collins Fads Copy Share Image
“It took our entire history to actually change the rules of proper female behavior. But those rules were temporarily abandoned whenever the… — Gail Collins Feminism Copy Share Image
As long as we decline to allow sick, uninsured people to just lie down and die on the side of the road,… — Gail Collins Care Copy Share Image
The idea that if you don’t like how things are going, you can just leave is so engrained in Texas, the secession… — Gail Collins Ideas Copy Share Image
“One law prohibited blacks from testifying against whites in court, and carefully defined “negro” as anyone who had one nonwhite grandparent.” — Gail Collins Racism Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how… — Gail Collins Caucus Copy Share Image
Some of our national heroines were defined by the fact that they never nested - they were peripatetic crusaders like Susan B.… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
The key to success for any woman who wants to have a really serious career and a family is to marry a… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
My only thought about Margaret Thatcher is the same one I had about Ronald Reagan. I hated a lot of what they… — Gail Collins Change Copy Share Image
Elections have to have at least a little meaning. Obama ran on income tax hikes for the wealthy. People knew they were… — Gail Collins Election Copy Share Image
Of course, Texas is so huge it really is empty places; people can easily drive an hour and a half to work… — Gail Collins Actually living Copy Share Image
The work-family divide is the biggest issue for American women. But in some ways it's amazing how adjusted society has become to… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
The G.O.P. is desperately seeking someone who can save the party from the fate of nominating Mitt Romney. But every time a… — Gail Collins Fate Copy Share Image
I am prepared to admit that when it comes to dealing with the House and Senate leaders, Obama is terrible. But he's… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Sarah Palin is an heir to the women's movement. She has not been constrained by gender. At no point in her life… — Gail Collins Gender Copy Share Image
I'm sort of suspicious of most economic development projects, but the ones that encourage taxpayer-funded relocation bidding wars should be declared unconstitutional. — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
We always need to remember that behind almost every great moment in history, there are heroic people doing really boring and frustrating… — Gail Collins Activism Copy Share Image
Illegal immigration can never be completely stopped, no matter how high the wall or how many patrol agents you have watching it. — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Non-crazy gun advocates - the ones who aren't stockpiling in preparation for a zombie invasion - don't like the idea of expanding… — Gail Collins Amendment Copy Share Image
I did some research once on the way people in the past imagined the year 2000. They tended to picture the things… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
You know, I have a lot of books on my iPad, but when I try to read them, I find myself wandering… — Gail Collins Biology Copy Share Image
The high point was that the people are really nice - despite the crazy politics - and I loved being there. The… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
