jack griffins comic misadventures also confirmed to ugly truths that i have long suspected.irst, that you cannot escape your inheritance. genetic and other. and second, even more terrifying, you probably can't even escape your in-laws. not a short story, in other words. and definitely off the bike path. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much, rick. i'm glad to see gold target was dead on. and also i just have to say that's a hell of a wedding where a pulitzer prize winning author is put at the leftover table. [laughter] >> i don't get invited to those type of weddings. next author we're going to introduce is gail collins. gail has been on the show quite a bit. and i was just telling her backstage that my favorite line of the 2008 presidential campaign of all the lines that were written, and so many people wrote so many lines. this was at the point after barack obama had been beaten by hillary clinton in pennsylvania and ohio, west virginia, all of the political commentators were talking about how it was that angry white male that was not ready to vote for president obama