I Have a Wee Crush on Gail Collins

That's Amore!

Some people love reading Maureen Dowd because she's "witty".  I think they mean "snarky", but don't know what snarky means.  I find Dowd to be the worst sort of columnist, because she's inevitably in love with her own voice and really does not seem to believe in much of anything.

But I do like Gail Collins.  She manages to be clever and have a consistent point of view (unlike say, Susan Collins).  I know what she believes and I find her observations rather astute, even when bathed in snark sauce.  What else do I like about her?

First of all, she wrote a column about zombies.

And today, she encapsulates fully what this political moment is about.  Click through and read her if you haven't already: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/opinion/09collins.html?_r=1&hp