The idea that if you donโt like how things are going, you can just leave is so engrained in Texas, the secession movement is no surprise.
Gail CollinsBack in the '70s when my friends in California were at Berkeley, in-state tuition was around $700 a year.
Gail CollinsNon-crazy gun advocates - the ones who aren't stockpiling in preparation for a zombie invasion - don't like the idea of expanding background checks because they think it'll be a lot more paperwork. And it probably would make it more difficult to sell guns at, say, a flea market.
Gail CollinsOnce you're done being president, you tend to want to defend your record more than plumb your inner feelings. I find it hard to imagine Obama going home at night and writing sensitive, introspective journal entries about his meeting with John Boehner.
Gail Collins