I have a new link up top so go check it out. I posted it up top. Go check it out.

Gail Collins, Where Art Thou?
('wherefore' means why)

Serious Bastard gets teary-eyed about very few things, but the immeasurable void created by Gail Collins' departure from Op-Ed writing is one such 'thing'. There are always defining choices for every age, Yin or Yang, the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, and some others that I am ignorant of. As far as this Serious Bastard is concerned, the choice for the turn of this century was, Gail or Maureen. Just as I say, "The Stones, you stupid jerk!" I also obnoxiously screech, "Oh god, yes! yes! Gail!"

No other editorial writer in existence more appropriately captures the sense of bewilderment one feels, while at the same time resisting the urge to dive face first into the concrete oblivion of absurdity (Take note, Maureen, or myself for that matter). She had hope, I felt, that politics could be conducted in some reasonable manner but she was also realistic about how events actually "went down".

Here's a poopoo platter of her writings. Get them while they are hot. Who knows how long the links will last:
/* read up. I'll probably get thrown in jail forever and ever for this. */

Dignity, Always Dignity
The Perfect Campaign
The Debate Prep
The Last Interview
Call It a Tie

And, of course, her swan song:
Some Last Words