Gail Collins

In Dog We Trust: U.S. President or Dogcatcher?

Sandip Roy | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Gail Collins, Seamus Romney, Barack Obama, Bo, Barack Obama Dog, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney Dog, Obama Dog, Bo Obama, Romney Dog, Politics News

The photo-op with the dog makes perfect sense in the hurly-burly of American politics. American presidents tend to be elected on the likeability factor. The dog is the ultimate likeability accessory.

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Gail Collins' Worst Column

Laurence J. Kotlikoff | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Gail Collins, President Obama, Americans Elect, Gail Collins Americans Elect, New York Times, Politics News

Gail Collins calls Americans Elect "the worst idea." Gail is a terrific columnist, one of my favorites. But she's clearly terrified that President Obama will lose the election to Mitt Romney.

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Election 2012 Goes To Los Perros

Viviana Hurtado | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Latino, Politics, Viviana Hurtado, President Obama, Mitt Romney, Hispanic, New York Times, Gail Collins, Election 2012, Latina, The Wise Latina Club Univision, Latino Voices News

BuzzFeed shows a Univision local reporter shooting a promo outside the White House about her exclusive interview with President Barack Obama when...

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Both Sides: Obama's GOP SmackDown and Mitt's Mutt

HuffPost Radio | Posted 03.11.2012

Spitzer and Matalin debate the serious and silly: Was Obama's "get-off-my-plane" presser against Iran 'bluster' effective? Does comedy of Maher/Stewart = Limbaugh's smears? And: is GOP race down to 'man-on-dog' vs. dog-on-car?

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Gail Collins Is Apparently Not Allowed To Write About Seamus The Dog Anymore

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Eat the Press, Video, Mitt Romney Dog, Scolds, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney, Media Criticism, Gail-Collins-Seamus, Gail Collins, Seamus, Seamus Romney, Media News

Over at BuzzFeed, McKay Coppins rounds up a bunch of reactions to Gail Collins' most recent New York Times column, and how much people hate her for writing it. Why are they dogging out Collins?

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NYTer's Ultimate Mitt Romney Dog Column

Posted 03.08.2012

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On Thursday, New York Times writer Gail Collins wrote what might be considered her column of columns about her long-running obsession with the infamou...

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Dear Rush Limbaugh: I Know You Are But What Am I?

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 05.06.2012

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Real progress will happen when grown-ups no longer choose to listen to grown men behaving like children, or defend grown men behaving like children on the grounds that it's "entertaining."

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Dog Days for the Liberal Media Elite

Stephanie Sandberg | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Gail Collins, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, New York Times, 2012 Election, Pundits, Media News

In Gail Collins' column, the Romneys' dog-on-roof story surfaces every few days now, and it lost its startle effect ages ago.

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A Short Biography About America's Shortest Presidency

AP | By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL | Posted 01.19.2012

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-- "William Henry Harrison" (Times Books), by Gail Collins: At some point every schoolchild learns that William Henry Harrison was America's briefest...

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The Problem That's Dogging Romney

Sunil Adam | Posted 01.26.2012

Read More: Politics, Republican Primary, Political Humor, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Gop, New York Times, Gail Collins, Comedy, Republicans, Politics News

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Should Serious Female Authors Writer About Sex?

salon.com | Drew Grant | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Molly Jong-Fast, Real Women Write About Real Sex, Sugar in My Bowl, Gail Collins, Erica Jong, Sex Writer, Erotic Writing, Ariel Levy, Books News

As soon as I cracked opened Erica Jong's new anthology, "Sugar in My Bowl: Real Women Write About Real Sex," I was overcome with giddiness....

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How Will The New York Times Look Different On Sundays?

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Andy Rosenthal, New York Times Week in Review, David Brooks, Bill Keller, Sunday Review, Maureen Dowd, New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, Gail Collins, Tom Friedman, The Backstory, Media News

NEW YORK -- When New York Times editorial page editor Andy Rosenthal told staff Monday that reporter Frank Bruni will soon get a Sunday Op-Ed column, ...

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Taking on Singlism: 28 Writers Help Me Display and Slay the Beast

Bella DePaulo | Posted 07.19.2011

"DePaulo says that 'singlism' -- a term she coined and for which we are prepared to forgive her -- is not just aimed at unmarried women." -Gail Collin...

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How The New York Times Will Shake Up Its Weekly Section

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: New York Times Op Ed, New York Times Week in Review, Bloomberg View, Bill Keller, New York Times, Andrew Rosenthal, Maureen Dowd, Nicholas Kristof, Paul Krugman, Gail Collins, New York Times Week in Review Redesign, Times Week in Review, Tom Friedman, The Backstory, Media News

NEW YORK -- New York Times staffers in the editorial and news departments have been working for several months to reinvent the paper’s “Week in Re...

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Some Thoughts on the Donald's Next Letter to the Editor

Dorian de Wind | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Birther Movement, Birthers, Washington Post, Kathleen Parker, Gail Collins, Donald Trump, New York Times, Satire, Politics News

After New York Times columnist Gail Collins wrote a blistering yet candid column in the Times mocking Donald Trump's presidential aspirations and debu...

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"I'm Not a Candidate, But I Play One on TV"

Robert J. Spitzer | Posted 06.11.2011

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Democrats, no doubt, are enjoying the spectacle of Donald Trump and Sarah Palin. But even if it enhances Barack Obama's prospects for reelection, we should all worry about the celebrification and trivialization of politics.

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Furious Trump In Feud With NYT Writer

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 06.09.2011

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Donald Trump lashed out at New York Times columnist Gail Collins in a letter to the paper published on Friday. Trump was responding to a very negat...

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Dear Radio Diary: Behind the Scenes at Boomer Alley Radio

Sharon Glassman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dear Radio Diary: I didn't want to jinx it, so I haven't written about this until now. But seeing as we've just been signed on for another year, he...

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Sputnik and Charter Schools: Neither Has Moved American Education Off Center

Stanton Peele | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Joel Klein, Bob Herbert, Education, Geoffrey Canada, Charter Schools, Michael Bloomberg, Waiting for Superman, Gail Collins, Science Education, Sputnik, American Association for the Advanement of Science, Creationism, Healthy Living News

The failures in American education are due to fundamental aspects of American society -- our religiosity, spirituality, and irrationality, and our failure to integrate African-Americans into the mainstream.

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MSNBC's Education Nation Meant Nothing

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Zuckerberg Gift, New York City Schools, Savannah Guthrie, New York School System, Chuck Todd, Msnbc, Charter Schools, Colin Powell, Morning Joe, Joel Klein, Arne Duncan, Public Education, Alma Powell, Nbc, The-Daily-Rundown, Gail Collins, Gates Foundation, Education News

During its education week, Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie, presented the ubiquitous Arne Duncan with some obvious doubts about this whole Education Nation enterprise.

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Meryl Streep Gets Historical

Gerit Quealy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Meryl Streep's recent speech pointed out the ridiculous fact that we still don't have an actual National Women's History Museum. The bill that would make it possible has been submitted every year for seven years.

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Wall Street, Nuclear Weapons, MLK Jr., and the Road From Ruin

Steven G. Brant | Posted 05.25.2011

From the latest news, you'd think America has turned the corner and is on the road to recovery. Far from it. There are major, structural deficiencies in our system that point in very negative directions.

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Viral Videos and the Alabama Elections

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alabama, Viral Video, Xenophobia, English, Gun Rights, New York Times, Dale Peterson, Tim James, Gail Collins, Media News

In Saturday's New York Times, Gail Collins gives a summary of viral videos that have gone around over the past month leading up to Tuesday's Republica...

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International Women's Day: 13 Essential Books On Equality For Women (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.27.2011

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It's International Women's Day and the theme this year is equal rights, equal opportunity and progress for all. HuffPost editors chose a few books tha...

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"When Everything Changed" ... for the better

Ellen Snortland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Women's Rights, Betty Friedan, Dress Code, Gloria Steinem, Maureen Dowd, New York Times, Women in Business, Hillary Clinton, Gail Collins, When Everything Changed, Gender, Books News

Columnist's book offers an overview of the progress made by women and girls over the past half-century Note: This post appears both here and in my co...

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