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Maureen Dowd: There is just too much church in the state

Maureen Dowd: There is just too much church in the state

Outrageous that five or six people in lifelong posts will impose personal views on all

Mon May 16 2022 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Marilyn Monroe v Samuel Alito

Maureen Dowd: Marilyn Monroe v Samuel Alito

US still riven by contradictory strains of sexuality and priggishness

Sun May 08 2022 - 19:26
Maureen Dowd: Ripple effect of Bernie Sanders still being felt

Maureen Dowd: Ripple effect of Bernie Sanders still being felt

The Fighting Soul: On the Road With Bernie Sanders is revealing of this maverick politician

Sun Apr 17 2022 - 15:51
Maureen Dowd: Solidarity with Ukraine is trending now, but will it last?

Maureen Dowd: Solidarity with Ukraine is trending now, but will it last?

Brutality of Putin’s war is a cognitive challenge for people conditioned to transient trends

Sun Apr 10 2022 - 15:41
Maureen Dowd: Real Justice – Justice Jackson

Maureen Dowd: Real Justice – Justice Jackson

Ketanji Brown Jackson has been cast into the same medieval torture chamber as Anita Hill

Sun Mar 27 2022 - 17:12
Maureen Dowd: While Putin shrinks, Zelenskiy soars

Maureen Dowd: While Putin shrinks, Zelenskiy soars

No matter what happens, the Russian president will be a loser with no moral stature

Sun Mar 20 2022 - 13:09
Maureen Dowd: Zelenskiy, Hamlet and an irrational, soulless fiend

Maureen Dowd: Zelenskiy, Hamlet and an irrational, soulless fiend

Ukrainian leader and people confront US with existential issue of where to draw line

Mon Mar 14 2022 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Zelenskiy and Trump – two performers, one hero

Maureen Dowd: Zelenskiy and Trump – two performers, one hero

Trump tried to overturn US democracy, Zelenskiy tried to save Ukrainian democracy

Sun Mar 06 2022 - 13:28
Maureen Dowd: Putin has trapped the world in his Napoleonic psychodrama

Maureen Dowd: Putin has trapped the world in his Napoleonic psychodrama

This demonic little man has been watching too many episodes of The Americans

Sun Feb 27 2022 - 16:42
Maureen Dowd: Can the Democrats dodge doomsday?

Maureen Dowd: Can the Democrats dodge doomsday?

Three party stalwarts speak with startling candour about the impending Repubocalypse

Sun Feb 20 2022 - 12:43
Maureen Dowd: Washington DC and James Joyce? Both incomprehensible

Maureen Dowd: Washington DC and James Joyce? Both incomprehensible

I bought a copy of Ulysses in Dublin long ago but had never mustered will to read it

Sun Feb 13 2022 - 15:24
Maureen Dowd: Reflections on a good cop shot down

Maureen Dowd: Reflections on a good cop shot down

Jason Rivera epitomised what we want – a valiant officer full of compassion and joy

Sun Jan 30 2022 - 16:16
Maureen Dowd: Goodbye André Leon Talley, my glorious, difficult friend

Maureen Dowd: Goodbye André Leon Talley, my glorious, difficult friend

The former editor-at-large at Vogue was brilliant, cutting and loyal to a fault

Sun Jan 23 2022 - 15:55
Maureen Dowd: Joe Biden better Build Better or he won’t be Back

Maureen Dowd: Joe Biden better Build Better or he won’t be Back

US president was elected to be Not Trump ... he has overpromised and underdelivered

Sun Jan 16 2022 - 15:14
Maureen Dowd: Trigger warning – it’s my brother’s turn again

Maureen Dowd: Trigger warning – it’s my brother’s turn again

‘The American people are growing tired of the role of government in their lives. They are sick of lockdowns and masks for Covid’

Sun Jan 02 2022 - 16:19
Denzel Washington: ‘In heaven there are two lines. I’m interested in being in the short one’

Denzel Washington: ‘In heaven there are two lines. I’m interested in being in the short one’

The actor stars alongside Frances McDormand in Joel Coen’s new film version of Macbeth

Tue Dec 07 2021 - 06:00
Maureen Dowd: Once more unto the breach for Britain and France

Maureen Dowd: Once more unto the breach for Britain and France

Hundred Years’ War still raging in the French and British Embassies in D.C.

Sun Nov 21 2021 - 18:15
Maureen Dowd: Wokeness derails the Democrats

Maureen Dowd: Wokeness derails the Democrats

As the party focuses on the wrong things, many still wonder if Biden is up to the job

Sun Nov 07 2021 - 13:25
Maureen Dowd: AI may turn us all into the family pet

Maureen Dowd: AI may turn us all into the family pet

Technology titans lacked foresight as to how world is becoming more digital than physical

Sun Oct 31 2021 - 14:59
Maureen Dowd: Pity Colin Powell broke his own rules to enable Iraq invasion

Maureen Dowd: Pity Colin Powell broke his own rules to enable Iraq invasion

He could have been president, but his tragedy is that he walked a path he knew to be wrong

Sun Oct 24 2021 - 18:36
Maureen Dowd: The US supreme court versus reality

Maureen Dowd: The US supreme court versus reality

‘Consider the things the court brought down on us by pre-emptively purloining victory for George W Bush’

Sun Oct 10 2021 - 18:29
What does Kyrsten Sinema want and why doesn’t she stick around to explain it?

What does Kyrsten Sinema want and why doesn’t she stick around to explain it?

Maureen Dowd: Arizona senator sweeps through the US Senate like a silent film star

Sun Oct 03 2021 - 20:00
Maureen Dowd: What ever happened to Owning It?

Maureen Dowd: What ever happened to Owning It?

AOC has failed to consider that people can disagree with her without disagreeing with her identity

Sun Sept 19 2021 - 13:18
Maureen Dowd: Manning up, letting us down

Maureen Dowd: Manning up, letting us down

Tragedy of 9/11 was followed by blunders from men seized by hyper-masculinity

Sun Sept 12 2021 - 14:58
Maureen Dowd: Goldfish memory America keeps circling bowl

Maureen Dowd: Goldfish memory America keeps circling bowl

Afghanistan horror exemplifies climate-damaged, rights-opposing land of dread

Sun Sept 05 2021 - 15:33
Maureen Dowd: WB Yeats’s ‘rough beast’ takes over Afghanistan

Maureen Dowd: WB Yeats’s ‘rough beast’ takes over Afghanistan

Joe Biden did the right thing getting America out of there. But he did it badly

Sun Aug 22 2021 - 13:51
Maureen Dowd: Barack Obama’s birthday party signals the end of cool

Maureen Dowd: Barack Obama’s birthday party signals the end of cool

Former president’s tone-deaf bash at Martha’s Vineyard was a tale of the disinvited

Sun Aug 15 2021 - 13:18
Maureen Dowd: Women who help men prey have been around forever

Maureen Dowd: Women who help men prey have been around forever

Report on Andrew Cuomo’s sexual misconduct makes clear his top adviser enforced culture of secrecy and fear

Sun Aug 08 2021 - 15:43
Maureen Dowd: Why do Republicans hate cops?

Maureen Dowd: Why do Republicans hate cops?

GOP overwhelmingly stuck with Trump, perpetuating his sick mythology about Capitol riots

Sun Aug 01 2021 - 15:18
Maureen Dowd: Apocalypse right now as extreme weather becomes routine

Maureen Dowd: Apocalypse right now as extreme weather becomes routine

Politics of addressing climate change still debilitating as planet sizzles

Sun Jul 25 2021 - 15:28
Maureen Dowd: Even Ivanka is trying to distance herself from Daddy

Maureen Dowd: Even Ivanka is trying to distance herself from Daddy

Trump insiders and Facebook execs rewrite history to distance themselves from failure

Sun Jul 18 2021 - 12:37
Maureen Dowd: Bernie Sanders is a man on a mission

Maureen Dowd: Bernie Sanders is a man on a mission

Vermont senator’s bond with Joe Biden could have profound effect on the lives of Americans

Sun Jul 11 2021 - 15:53
Maureen Dowd: The hidden hands of friends in high places

Maureen Dowd: The hidden hands of friends in high places

A new book explores the influence close friends have exercised on US presidents

Sun Jul 04 2021 - 20:00
Maureen Dowd: Income tax avoidance by the US’s richest is disgusting

Maureen Dowd: Income tax avoidance by the US’s richest is disgusting

Paying taxes is an expression of citizenship – you can’t belong to the club and not pay your dues

Sun Jun 13 2021 - 14:50
Maureen Dowd: Aliens, show yourself. Beam down! Time to serve man

Maureen Dowd: Aliens, show yourself. Beam down! Time to serve man

With an intelligence report imminent, not since the 1950s has the capital been so riveted by the possibility of aliens hovering

Sun Jun 06 2021 - 22:25
Kate Winslet: ‘My days of doing nudity are a little numbered’

Kate Winslet: ‘My days of doing nudity are a little numbered’

The star of Mare of Easttown is back on the sides of buses. Without airbrushing

Tue Jun 01 2021 - 11:00
Maureen Dowd: The top cop who says US police morale is at 50-year low

Maureen Dowd: The top cop who says US police morale is at 50-year low

Bill Bratton says defunding the police has led to rising crime and officers ‘leaving in droves’

Sun May 30 2021 - 14:35
Ewan McGregor: I’ve been sober a long time. Addiction is part of my life

Ewan McGregor: I’ve been sober a long time. Addiction is part of my life

The actor has drawn on his experience of addiction to portray the fashion designer Halston

Thu May 13 2021 - 06:00
Maureen Dowd: It was the Cheneys who taught Trump how to lie

Maureen Dowd: It was the Cheneys who taught Trump how to lie

Liz Cheney has sacrificed herself to call out the former president – but she has a lot to answer for

Sun May 09 2021 - 15:00
Maureen Dowd: Biden brings Jimmy Carter in from the cold

Maureen Dowd: Biden brings Jimmy Carter in from the cold

96-year-old former president has been snubbed by his Demoratic successors – until now

Sun May 02 2021 - 19:13
Maureen Dowd: Hollywood’s bleak conveyor belt obscures the dream factory

Maureen Dowd: Hollywood’s bleak conveyor belt obscures the dream factory

This year’s Oscar contenders are less about escapism and more about our sad reality

Sun Apr 25 2021 - 14:49
Maureen Dowd: Biden finally ditches the generals with plan to leave Afghanistan

Maureen Dowd: Biden finally ditches the generals with plan to leave Afghanistan

United States should have respected the country’s reputation as a ‘graveyard of empires’

Sun Apr 18 2021 - 13:20
Maureen Dowd: Sad and beautiful book by Hunter Biden

Maureen Dowd: Sad and beautiful book by Hunter Biden

President’s son illuminates American family experience of extreme highs and lows

Sun Apr 04 2021 - 17:39
Maureen Dowd: Joe Biden should stop appeasing Republicans

Maureen Dowd: Joe Biden should stop appeasing Republicans

US president’s self-restraint is refreshing – but he is free to say whatever he damn well pleases

Sun Mar 28 2021 - 15:21
Old pol, new tricks: How Biden is proving Democratic doubters wrong

Old pol, new tricks: How Biden is proving Democratic doubters wrong

Obama’s legacy looks dull as Biden is hailed as a transformational, progressive champion

Mon Mar 22 2021 - 04:00
Maureen Dowd: Cuomo discovers #MeToo means #HimToo

Maureen Dowd: Cuomo discovers #MeToo means #HimToo

New York governor’s appealing act – protective father-at-the-head-of the-dinner-table – turned out to be a ruse

Sun Mar 07 2021 - 16:05
Maureen Dowd: Many on the left don’t understand what a reporter is

Maureen Dowd: Many on the left don’t understand what a reporter is

Trump era skewed the understanding of journalists as impartial watchdogs

Sun Feb 28 2021 - 12:44
Republicans and Donald Trump: the tale of the untameable shrew

Republicans and Donald Trump: the tale of the untameable shrew

Maureen Dowd: GOP leaders attempting to bridle the ex-president are on a fool’s errand

Sun Feb 21 2021 - 16:39
Maureen Dowd: Trump’s taste for violence bloodies Congress

Maureen Dowd: Trump’s taste for violence bloodies Congress

Criminal charges would be welcome after craven Republicans refused to convict him

Sun Feb 14 2021 - 13:00
Trump’s Capitol offence has brought ruin to him and his repellent family

Trump’s Capitol offence has brought ruin to him and his repellent family

Maureen Dowd: What happened in Washington on Wednesday was a heartbreaking disgrace

Sun Jan 10 2021 - 15:51
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