Thursday, February 26, 2009

Gail Collins=my hero

"Accepting eternal damnation in return for a career as a state senator was a little like swapping your house for a pair of socks."

"Years ago, when I was a reporter, I remember getting a call from a woman in the Bronx who was screaming: “They’re over on Moshulu Parkway planting dead trees!” Sure enough, a city work crew was digging holes along the side of the street and carefully sticking in brown and dried-up pieces of foliage. The men claimed the trees had simply lost their leaves for the winter — an explanation somewhat undermined by the fact that they were evergreens."

Read her articles: Thursdays and Saturdays. nyt.com. You won't regret it. 

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