Charles M. Blow
Charles M. Blow
Charles McRay Blowis an American journalist, and the current visual op-ed columnist for The New York Times...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth11 August 1970
CountryUnited States of America
may influence sometimes
There can be moments in your life where you may feel attracted to someone depending on circumstance, depending on the person of one gender or another, and sometimes where that is less of an influence in your life.
determination destiny leader
Being a world leader is less about destiny than focused determination, and it is there that we have faltered.
passion want voters
Elections have a way of cooling passions, especially when voters get what they want.
country boys trying
I had set about trying to make myself more polished than a country boy would be.
clothes
There are no 'come shoot me' clothes.
government nsa people
Look at it this way: this administration is taking unprecedented steps to make sure that the government's secrets remain private while simultaneously invading the privacy of its citizens... Many innocents must be violated so that a few guilty people can be stopped. It's a digital stop-and-frisk...
people internet ruthless
The internet is ruthless. And people are very, very happy to let you know when they don't like something.
bisexual use connotation
While the word bisexual was technically correct, I would only slowly come to use it to refer to myself in part because of the derisive connotations. But, in addition, it would seem to me woefully inadequate and impressionistically inaccurate.
soul trying rewards
Trying hard and working hard is its own reward. It feeds the soul. It affirms your will and your power. And it radiates from you, lighting the way for all those who see you.
just-being done fine
I know that life, I've done all those things, and I can still tell you that just being you is perfectly fine.
conviction betray
Co-opted convictions will always betray you.
leader humanity together
Great leadership isn’t shaped in the absence of opposition but in the presence of it. Great leaders draw us together by our universal humanity; they galvanize the wills of the willing; they draw clarity from the spigot of chaos.
beauty brings bunch force identity labels maybe people shades term terms together umbrella
All identity labels are umbrella terms to some degree, but this term 'bisexual' is not only serviceable, but it is sufficient. And yes, it brings together a bunch of people who are maybe shades different from one another. And maybe that's the beauty of labels: that they force you to be with other people and see the difference.
advances change country languages love maintained rooted striving struggling turn
Conservatism is rooted in preservation; progressivism advances alteration. These are different love languages. These languages turn on your view of change itself: When you think of America, do you see a country struggling to be maintained or one striving to be made better?