How do you give smart, accomplished, ambitious women the same opportunities as men to reach their goals? What about universal preschool and after-school programs? What about changing the corporate mind-set about the time commitment it takes to move up the ladder? What about having more husbands step up and take the major load? Gail Collins Read Quote
Take Hispanic voters. They favor Democrats because they like the party’s programs, from health care reform to government spending on education. It’s not because the Republicans don’t have a big enough Office of Hispanic Outreach. Gail Collins Read Quote
Once when I was working for the Daily News, I was summoned back to work from vacation because Donald Trump announced he was getting a divorce. Gail Collins Read Quote
There have been tons of politicians who were slow to accept equal rights when it meant changes in the established social order. Many eventually came around, admitted they were wrong, and were forgiven. But the ones who actively choose hate-mongering don’t ever get a pass. Gail Collins Read Quote
Whenever you bring up women’s internal workings, guys want to change the subject. Unless, of course, they’re trying to change the laws. Gail Collins Read Quote
You know, I have a lot of books on my iPad, but when I try to read them, I find myself wandering off to play games. Those are books I’m interested in. I can’t imagine what would have happened to me in college if my biology class had been on the same computer as ‘Words With Friends’ and ‘Doom.’ Gail Collins Read Quote
When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense – just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can’t imagine what writing will be like in 2154. Gail Collins Read Quote
Illegal immigration can never be completely stopped, no matter how high the wall or how many patrol agents you have watching it. Gail Collins Read Quote
You reduce illegal immigration by making it harder to get jobs here, or easier to get jobs south of the border. This idea that we can’t pass an immigration law until we hit some imaginary security target is just a way to derail reform. Gail Collins Read Quote
There are competing studies on how much crime drops or doesn’t drop when there are strict rules on gun possession and sale. I don’t think there’s any question that New York City’s very tough laws have reduced violence. Gail Collins Read Quote