Stephanopoulos: Obama Cabinet Unparalleled in 'Brain Power' Nov 26, 2008
First up, on Saturday Gail Collins pleaded: "Thanksgiving is next week, and President Bush could make it a really special holiday by resigning. Seriously." Then Dick Cheney "would have to quit as well as Bush. In fact, just to be on the safe side, the vice president ought to turn in his resignation first. (We're desperate, but not crazy.)" That would allow House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to become President, but "she'd defer to her party's incoming chief executive, and Barack Obama could begin... (MediaResearch.org)
Gail Collins: America's election whopper Nov 3, 2008
Gail Collins: America's election whopper - International Herald Tribune. Gail Collins: America's election whopper. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Palin restores hope for America Oct 3, 2008
Klondike Ike wrote on Oct 1, 2008 5:33 PM:" There is something ignoble about these elite, affluent, and well-connected observers in smug fashion savaging Palin, when especially in the case of the sneering power-women -- we should all at least grant that Palin is intrinsically bright, energetic, savvy, and independent to have come this far at all, given the slanted and insider rules of the game shes in.Especially glib, she is not, as I for one find myself squirming endlessly watching and... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Talking Points Sep 17, 2008
But the two best were the women columnists for The Times, Gail Collins and Maureen Dowd. To say these ladies disapprove of Sarah Palin is like saying Rosie O'Donnell doesn't like me, the understatement of the decade. (Fox News)
What writers around the country are saying about Palin Sep 6, 2008
-- Gail Collins, New York Times. HARSH REALITIES. (Anchorage Daily News)
GAIL COLLINS: Was Palin better than other options? Sep 6, 2008
com: Opinions in The Bee: GAIL COLLINS: Was Palin better than other options ... By Gail Collins 09/05/08 08:29:20 ST. PAUL, Minn ... Gail Collins is the editorial page editor for The New York Times News Service. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Love Lips alls not white in the House Aug 16, 2008
Love Lips alls not white in the House. Former presidential candidate John Edwards is back under the harsh spotlight of public judgment following his confession of being a cheating husband. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
'Breaking Dawn' Aug 6, 2008
As Gail Collins, former New York Times editorial page editor wrote in a July 12 op-ed column: "Before you make fun of this, I want you to seriously consider whether you're interested in denigrating people who spend their leisure time actually reading books rather than watching 'America's Got Talent.'" Amen to that, sister. And though I've brought up the bad-role model issue with dozens of "Twilight" readers, to a girl they tell me Bella's blandness makes it easier to insert somebody else in the... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Stephenie Meyer: Mormon who put new life into vampires Jul 22, 2008
New York Times columnist Gail Collins posed a different rationale for the appeal of Meyer's oeuvre. After quoting Meyer's sometimes exuberant prose - 'He lay perfectly still in the grass, his shirt open over his sculpted, incandescent chest, his scintillating arms bare. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Cook: It's tough to predict a running mate Jul 19, 2008
July 9: New York Times Columnist Gail Collins sits down with "Morning Joe" to discuss why Hillary Clinton won't be vice president and Barack Obama's plan for the position. Morning Joe. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Procrasti-Nation May 16, 2008
----- New York Times columnist Gail Collins New York, N.Y. "Right now were in this new building, and we have huge, huge, huge glass wallsmy office has three walls made of glass. Im on the 13th floor, and right next door theyre building this office building. Theres this crane that dangles things outside my window, and I sit there imagining scenarios wherein something comes smashing through my window. We talk about it a lot here in the office. It takes up quite a bit of the day, but... (Slate)
Clinton's defiant Mother's Day May 13, 2008
Yet there she was, glad-handing at a Mother's Day celebration in West Virginia with her daughter Chelsea at her side, perhaps offering one clue to her emotional stamina: As Gail Collins wrote in The New York Times, the embattled senator is privately saying she does not intend to go home and tell Chelsea that she's a quitter. Photogallery. (Globe and Mail)
Op-Ed Columnist The Fat Bush Theory Apr 20, 2008
By GAIL COLLINS Published: April 19, 2008. George W. Bush says we re on track to meet the nation s goals for curbing global warming. (New York Times)
When Surplus Words are Usefully Surplus Apr 2, 2008
The text for today s meditation comes from a column by Gail Collins that ran two weeks ago in The New York Times ... Gail Collins is my second-favorite columnist in the whole world ... Go back to Gail Collins sentence, and recast it ever so slightly: To balance the budget by cutting out earmarks is like saying you re going to end global warming by banning night lights in the bathroom. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
GAIL COLLINS: Hillary's Ohio win speaks volumes Mar 7, 2008
Gail Collins is the editorial page editor for The New York Times. Share this story. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Op-Ed / Jerry Jackson: Rumors she’s a thespian... Dec 20, 2007
Gail Collins, who writes for The New York Times pokes fun at anyone who considers the religious beliefs or the lack thereof in assessing various presidential candidates. She sarcastically refers to a fascinating national debate between Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee about whether Mormons or Baptists love Jesus more. (Heber Springs Sun-Times, AR)
Blue ribbons for the good stuff Dec 15, 2007
A bouquet goes once again to Rick O Reilly in Sports Illustrated and Gail Collins of The New York Times. Their touch can ignite a paragraph or a page. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Seems Like a Song You’ve Heard Before Nov 19, 2007
In The New York Times, the greatly gifted Gail Collins ducked away from a tough topic: "I would love to give you all the arguments about the virtues of the Law of the Sea Treaty, but it seems like a cruel thing to do." ... Even from the pen of Gail Collins, things shouldn't "seem like." Things simply seem. (Human Events Online)
Clinton Hits Turbulence Oct 2, 2007
The day before, columnist Gail Collins had called one of Clintons answers from Wednesdays debate an excellent example of how to string together the maximum number of weasel words in one sentence. . (CBS News)
Is epiphany running for office? Sep 8, 2007
An arrant example is in the news, namely the reaction by a prominent columnist, Gail Collins of The New York Times, to a statement by candidate Mitt Romney during the debate of Republican contenders for the presidency. Romney was elected governor of Massachusetts in 2002, and his views were pretty widely known as pro-choice. (Townhall.com)
Pair get death in Mingo murder May 30, 2007
Earlier this month, George M. Porgy Lecco, 57, of Red Jacket, and Valerie Suzette Friend, 44, of North Matewan, were convicted of murdering Carla Gail Collins, who was providing information to a federal drug task force about a cocaine ring run out of Leccos pizzeria. Prosecutors argued that Lecco paid Friend in cocaine to kill Collins, and that Friend shot and beat the 33-year-old mother of three to death in an abandoned trailer near Newtown on April 16, 2005. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
