When incisive, frequently hilarious New York Times op-ed columnist Gail Collins is speaking at an event in your general area, ideally, you go. When the event is not only in your area but conveniently located in the town where you get on and off the train every day, (and at your alma mater, no less) – well, then you definitely go.

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Our favorite book author Gail Collins stopped by to talk to Stephen Colbert last night about her new book ‘When Everything Changed.’ According to Collins a major problems we face today is that “half the workforce is female now, and we still haven’t figured out who’s supposed to take care of the kids.” Which sort of pales to the problems women faced in 1960.

Gail Collins’ new book When Everything Changed, which we have written about in this space before, was released this week (buy here!). This morning she appeared on a large chunk of Morning Joe to discuss, among other things, the fact that former Vice President Dick Cheney is a “dweeb.”