▼ Author Community Vote 3 days ago Gail Collins Tales From the Kitchen Table - — This is a really old story, but let me tell you anyway. — When I was first married, my mother-in-law sat down at her kitchen table and told me about the day she went to confession and told the priest that she and her husband were using birth control. 69 days ago Gail Collins O.K., Now Ron Paul - — Ron Paul, the libertarian congressman from Texas, now seems to have an outside chance of winning the Iowa caucus vote. Not the presidential nomination. It seems highly unlikely that the Republicans are going to give the nod to a guy who disapproves of the Patriot Act and marriage licenses. 76 days ago Gail Collins The Breast Brouhaha - Everyone has been trying to come ... - — Everyone has been trying to come up with a good nickname for the 10 years we're concluding next month. Terror Era really sounds like too much of a downer. How about the Decade of Medical Backtracking? — Somewhere between the reports that Pap smears and tests … 90 days ago Gail Collins Hark! The Voters Speak! - — In Ohio, citizens marched to the polls on Tuesday and voted to allow gambling casinos in the state. This was a obviously a message to President Obama that independent voters are not happy with the way the health care bill is going. — Really, I don't see how else you can interpret it. 116 days ago Gail Collins The Eye of the Beholder - — Our question for today is whether it's fair for a politician to point out that his opponent is fat. — This involves the New Jersey gubernatorial race, where Gov. Jon Corzine has been running ads showing extremely unflattering shots of the Republican contender … 118 days ago Gail Collins The Lion King in Winter - — Republicans in the House of Representatives attempted to remove Charles Rangel as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday, arguing that Rangel's current ethics controversy has “held the House up to public ridicule.” — In my capacity as a person … 139 days ago Gail Collins Someday, a Bill Will Pass - — Let's listen to the sound of the House of Representatives debating student loan reform on Wednesday: … I think we have a pattern here. Last year, it seemed as though the whole world was a derivative. This year, no matter what the subject, there's a death panel lurking behind every bush. 153 days ago Gail Collins The Revenge of Levi - For the first time in my life, I feel sympathy for Sarah Palin. - — For the first time in my life, I feel sympathy for Sarah Palin. — Levi Johnston — you will remember him from his featured role as the father of Bristol's baby at the Republican convention — has written an article for the new issue of Vanity Fair. 179 days ago Gail Collins August Is the Cruelest Month - — Protesters are following members of Congress around this summer, disrupting their constituent meetings and shrieking about socialized medicine. They claim to be following the great American tradition of dissent. This must refer to the time back in colonial days … 181 days ago Gail Collins Barack's Progress Report - — Barack Obama had his 48th birthday this week. Since we learned during last year's campaign that he can be blamed for anything bad that's happened in this country since he was a toddler, perhaps this is a good time to suggest that it's his fault the Beatles didn't perform at Woodstock.

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