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Gail Collins

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The New York Times opinion
18 Aug 2024
When it comes to tamping down excitement, Robert Mueller is a genius. He soldiered on through two much-anticipated House committee hearings, full of politicians eager to make a splash. The result was ... muted.
The New York Times opinion
17 Aug 2024
One of the great political themes of the Democratic presidential campaign is how much everybody loves Joe Biden.
The New York Times opinion
17 Aug 2024
It is possible that you didn’t know a 24-year-old black woman started the integration of the New York City mass transit system in 1854. It’s a very good story that involves some kicking and screaming, a ruined hat and a future president of the United States.
The New York Times opinion
17 Aug 2024
Beto O’Rourke went to Iowa to start running for president. I know you have a lot of important questions.
The New York Times opinion
17 Aug 2024
Congress may have found an issue that all Americans can rally around.
The New York Times opinion
17 Aug 2024
Perhaps you missed it, but this week the House of Representatives held its first hearing on gun violence in eight years.
The New York Times opinion
17 Aug 2024
Cory Booker is running for president. That makes nine announced candidates for the Democratic primary, and if you add everyone The New York Times lists from “likely” to “might,” you’re up to 22.
The New York Times opinion
9 Sep 2021
There are a lot of theories about why Rudy Giuliani is still Donald Trump’s lawyer. Maybe his crazed, contradictory rantings are a canny plot to confuse the public about what’s actually going on with the president’s Russia-connection scandal.
The New York Times opinion
18 Jul 2019
As the whole world now knows, the president was widely denounced for saying a quartet of young minority congresswomen, known as the squad, should go back to “the crime infested places from which they came.”
How not to insult Trump
The New York Times opinion
11 Jul 2019
Explanation: It was a good deal. You know how this administration feels about good deals.
Trump doesn't know about labor
The New York Times opinion
13 Jun 2019
Trump himself was in Council Bluffs, trying to make sure nobody could forget about his existence for a single second, bragging about his devotion to farmers and calling Biden “Sleepy Joe.”
Corn as high as Donald Trump's tie
The New York Times opinion
23 May 2019
By now, we’re used to being weirded out by Donald Trump. But the latest meltdown was something special. And it started with ... infrastructure. Who knew?
Trump's bridges to nowhere
The New York Times opinion
2 May 2019
Hey, winter’s over. Think of this quiz as a current-events spring fling:
Welcome to spring quiz
The New York Times opinion
6 Apr 2019
It’s only a matter of time before some state passes a law prohibiting women from getting abortions after the second week of pregnancy.
Trump chooses no choice