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
conviction betray
Co-opted convictions will always betray you.
abdication voters apathy
Voter apathy is a civic abdication.
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.
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.
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.
trying culture males
I'm trying to illuminate how perilously narrow we draw the concepts of masculinity and sexuality in our male culture.
gay rights movement
One thing the gay rights movement taught the world is the importance of being visible.
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.
color illustration weight
An illustration is a visual editorial - its just as nuanced. Everything that goes into it is a call you make: every color, every line weight, every angle.
people internet ruthless
The internet is ruthless. And people are very, very happy to let you know when they don't like something.
kids quiet introspective
I was always a relatively quiet and introspective kid.
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...
country boys trying
I had set about trying to make myself more polished than a country boy would be.
passion want voters
Elections have a way of cooling passions, especially when voters get what they want.