Trump seemed rattled by his conviction. We should watch what he does nextIf Trump keeps railing about himself in apocalyptic terms, it could give Biden an opportunity. And Biden badly needs an opportunitySun Jun 02 2024 - 08:00
The truth hurts for Donald Trump, especially when Bill Maher dishes it outThe US needs jesters to hold up a mirror to society, now more than everSun May 19 2024 - 16:20
Donald Trump’s New York trial tells us much about moral values of would-be next presidentStormy Daniels was working blue, and the judge was seeing redSun May 12 2024 - 15:03
The riddle of Melania Trump: How much can she put up with from a husband who has betrayed and humiliated her?How much can the former first lady put up with from a husband who betrayed and humiliated her?Sun Apr 21 2024 - 12:40
OJ Simpson and the monster jealousySimpson escaped in his criminal trial but he did not escape the opprobrium of many in America who felt he had got away with murderSun Apr 14 2024 - 15:27
Maureen Dowd: OJ Simpson and the Monster JealousyHe escaped in criminal trial but not in his civil trial, though he never paid penalty or expressed any penanceSun Apr 14 2024 - 12:20
The bloody-minded Trump luxuriates in the language of tyrantsTrump’s raw power grab after his 2020 loss may have failed, but he’s inflaming his base with language straight out of Macbeth’s trip to hellSun Apr 07 2024 - 11:00
Maureen Dowd: My Joe Biden fantasy‘You think I’m forgetful? Take a look at the other guy’ says US president in dream State of the Union addressSun Mar 03 2024 - 10:47
Sex and the presidential candidates: Trump the playboy, Biden the frisky husbandBiden has joked to aides that ‘good sex’ is the key to a lasting and happy marriage, much to his wife’s chagrinSun Feb 25 2024 - 19:30
Maureen Dowd: Trump’s hallucinatory supporters admire him as a strongman, even if American values are forgottenRepublicans pledge allegiance to their candidate’s ego rather than the American flagSun Feb 18 2024 - 11:44
Maureen Dowd: Democrats should grab their smelling salts for a long case of the vaporsStealth about health is no longer possible, and the sooner President Joe Biden’s team stops being in denial about that, the better off Democrats will beSun Feb 11 2024 - 13:00
Maureen Dowd: Inside Donald Trump’s not-so-Swift brain‘Taylor more popular than me? Wrong! My movement is so much bigger and more fanatical than her movement.’Sun Feb 04 2024 - 11:00
Maureen Dowd: The ogre gorging on AmericaHaley did not say what needed to be said: Trump should not be president because he tried to overthrow the governmentSun Jan 28 2024 - 19:00
Maureen Dowd: Even if we hate what Trump says, we must hear itI am gobsmacked Trump could again become US president. But given his landslide in Iowa, we must accept itMon Jan 22 2024 - 06:00
If Trump wins in Iowa, it will be about tearing down faith in humanity. A blizzard is fittingWith a snow day I had time to contemplate the real mystery of Iowa: What has happened to the United States?Sun Jan 14 2024 - 12:48
America’s hell is a tyrannical Trump who will not be easily conqueredBiden finally attacked Trump and must continue to be aggressive in convincing people he is the best alternativeSun Jan 07 2024 - 10:47
Maureen Dowd: Personality clashes are shaping life-or-death decisions in the battle over AIWhatever you say about Elon Musk’s recent unravelling, he has been passionate in working against rogue AISun Dec 03 2023 - 12:00
Maureen Dowd: Joe Biden should let good advisers prick his conscienceThe US president, who turns 81 on Monday, seems to be in denial about the problems he faces, including a vengeful Donald Trump who is gaining in the pollsSun Nov 19 2023 - 15:18
Maureen Dowd: Will Taylor Swift’s crush get crushed by an avalanche of attention?Singer’s romance with Travis Kelce has mesmerised the country in a Mars-Venus momentSun Oct 08 2023 - 18:44
Dianne Feinstein broke into Washington boys’ club as a trailblazing senatorDemocrat believed in government as a force for good but has died at 90 watching US politics coming off the railsMon Oct 02 2023 - 03:00
Maureen Dowd: Joe Biden used to delight in his Irish gift of the gab - now he’s muzzledUS president’s staff reinforce the impression of a fragile chief executive by overmanaging himSun Sept 17 2023 - 12:00
Maureen Dowd: Magical Jimmy Buffett packed a thousand lifetimes into oneIn one sense at least, the charismatic Jimmy Buffett was a model for how to live: Build your life around what you loveSun Sept 10 2023 - 14:57
Maureen Dowd: Young women are in ‘polycrisis’ and campuses are awash with Prozac and LexaproAnxiety rises sharply among women in the first half of their 20s, when the brain is still plasticSun Sept 03 2023 - 19:00
Maureen Dowd: Catch the smug mug on that thugTrump is feral and cunning and must have shivered as he had his mugshot taken in Fulton County jail, thinking: ‘Damn, I could go to prison’Sun Aug 27 2023 - 15:00
Maureen Dowd: The Rudy Giuliani ‘dime-store psychodrama’ plays onHow an opera-loving federal prosecutor and heroic mayor spiralled into lawlessness, multiple divorces, depression, drinking, money problems and moreSun Aug 20 2023 - 18:01
Something inevitable, even ancient, about chaos enveloping Donald Trump and Hunter BidenSupreme court justice Clarence Thomas joins disreputable Donald Trump on what appears to be a lengthening roll call of dishonourSun Aug 13 2023 - 19:00
Trump’s legacy secured as most democracy-destroying, self-obsessed amadán ever to occupy the OvalMaureen Dowd: The most democracy-destroying, soul-crushing, self-obsessed amadán ever to occupy the OvalSun Aug 06 2023 - 12:08
Trump trying to zigzag back into White House to exact revenge Maureen Dowd: Will prosecutor Jack Smith have an ironclad case against Trump who has defrauded America since the cradle, lying, cheating and lining his pockets, and making suckers of nearly everyone?Sun Jul 23 2023 - 14:51
Maureen Dowd: Could AI create a fake Tom Cruise and would audiences pay to see it? Nothing’s impossibleStriking Hollywood writers fear being rendered irrelevant, and actors want to prevent their digital likenesses from coming under new ownershipSun Jul 16 2023 - 18:09
Maureen Dowd: Joe Biden’s treatment of his seventh grandchild is callous and hypocriticalThe president’s cold shoulder to his seventh grandchild reveals how dated and inauthentic his view of family isMon Jul 10 2023 - 05:00
Maureen Dowd: Jersey boy Chris Christie is a mean match for Donald Trump Former governor is aiming to be at the Republican presidential candidates’ debate in AugustSun Jul 02 2023 - 09:36
Maureen Dowd: The secret papers spilling out of state boxes are a snapshot of Trump’s id The guy likes paper. And, like Louis XIV, he believes ‘L’État, c’est moi’Sun Jun 18 2023 - 16:04
Maureen Dowd: We’re watching Donald Trump spiral down to his essenceFormer president would not be in prison for sticking by his principles, he’d be inside because he has noneSun Jun 11 2023 - 16:13
Before she became Jackie Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier was a journalist with moxieMaureen Dowd: The Washington Times-Herald reporter was not afraid to ask provocative questionsSun Jun 04 2023 - 14:30
Maureen Dowd: Don’t ditch literature as Frankensteins are on the marchThe humanities are faltering, but, amid the rise of artificial intelligence, we have never needed than more than we do nowSun May 28 2023 - 16:57
Maureen Dowd: Hitting the right note can move us in mysterious ways‘Let’s not forget that ‘climax’ is a common musical term … It has to do with tension and its release’Sun May 21 2023 - 15:25
Maureen Dowd: US Supreme court has become a cesspit of conservative male victimhoodAre justices Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and John Roberts interpreting the law, or are they just setting old scores?Sun May 07 2023 - 12:00
Maureen Dowd: Working from home has sounded the death knell of the bustling newsroom Mythologised mayhem and eccentricity of newspaper offices have been killed by journalists preferring to work from homeSun Apr 30 2023 - 17:00
Republican Ron DeSantis looking increasingly like a long shot for party’s presidential nomination Florida governor on a steep learning curve — tricks used to get elected to other offices don’t work in a White House raceSun Apr 23 2023 - 15:22
Maureen Dowd: Carter’s exemplary life a rebuke to Maga AmericaFormer president has always been a positive force for peace and co-operation both at home and abroadSun Feb 26 2023 - 19:00
Maureen Dowd: Should actors stick to roles matching their ethnicity and sexuality?Actor and comedian John Leguizamo accuses New York papers of committing ‘cultural apartheid’Mon Feb 20 2023 - 08:45
Maureen Dowd: ChatGPT opens a Pandora’s box of existential fearsCreative spark requires humanity. But soon, AI could be sentient. Then we’ll need our dog bowlsSun Jan 29 2023 - 15:53
Maureen Dowd: What is the thing about Harry? Perhaps a prince who needs a hug This Royal loathes being hunted by what he terms the tabloid ‘sadists’, just as his mother wasSun Jan 15 2023 - 19:00
Maureen Dowd: My brother Kevin and I are finally agreed on Trump – but not much elseFollowing disappointing midterm elections for Republicans, here’s Kevin with his annual view from the starboard side of the Dowd familySun Nov 27 2022 - 16:52
Maureen Dowd: Fire-starter Trump more culprit than victimTrump is the first ex-president investigated as to whether he masterminded a coup attemptSun Nov 20 2022 - 15:17
Maureen Dowd: Ding-dong the Don is dead - or is he?It’s not hard to imagine this revolt against Donald Trump will die down in a few days and they’ll be back behind the person they blame for the Republican Party’s current convulsionsMon Nov 14 2022 - 05:00
Republican rogues’ gallery paints grim picture for AmericaPeople voting for nearly 300 election deniers in the US midterm elections erroneously believe they are punishing Biden and the DemocratsSun Nov 06 2022 - 19:00
A feral mood has taken hold. If you think Washington is monstrous now, just wait Maureen Dowd: Pelosi attack comes as US is haunted by violenceSun Oct 30 2022 - 15:00
Maureen Dowd: Not-so-Great Britain’s Conservative crackupTruss was a bad communicator, a poor speaker and weak on cameraSun Oct 23 2022 - 19:00
Maureen Dowd: Republican backing for Herschel Walker proof they accept anything for powerWalker takes after mentor Donald Trump with lies, hypocrisy and know-nothingness on issuesMon Oct 10 2022 - 05:00
