Maureen Dowd
Elon Musk wanted to ‘move fast and break things’ in Washington. The main thing he broke was his reputation
Trump was rewriting reality again on Friday as one of the most flamboyant, destructive bromances in US government history petered out
Maureen Dowd: Trump is a pro at quid pro quo
The US president is estimated to have added billions to his personal fortune in office, including by selling cryptocurrency
Where is the voice of authority to challenge Donald Trump on his morals?
Cardinal Timothy Dolan enabled the Republican presidential candidate to cast himself as a saintly martyr saved by God
Lies piled on lies, darkness swallowing darkness. JD Vance’s chilling debate performance
Donald Trump’s running mate seemed like a replicant - there was no sign of the smarmy troll who said Kamala Harris can ‘go to hell’
It’s going to be a very ugly slugfest between the Unserious Man and the Untested Woman
Trump is jealous of Kamala Harris’s looks, her crowd sizes, her star power and her vivacious, bodacious vibes. That’s a good start
Maureen Dowd: JD Vance’s draconian views on women almost make Trump look enlightened
Vice-presidential nominee doubles down on ‘traditional marriages’ and ‘childless cat ladies’
Maureen Dowd: Verdict is in on the US supreme court – it’s corrupt and rotten
US supreme court now in the hands of a cabal of religious and far-right zealots
The truth hurts for Donald Trump, especially when Bill Maher dishes it out
The US needs jesters to hold up a mirror to society, now more than ever
Donald Trump’s New York trial tells us much about moral values of would-be next president
Stormy Daniels was working blue, and the judge was seeing red
Maureen Dowd: OJ Simpson and the Monster Jealousy
He escaped in criminal trial but not in his civil trial, though he never paid penalty or expressed any penance
The bloody-minded Trump luxuriates in the language of tyrants
Trump’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 hell
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 address
Sex and the presidential candidates: Trump the playboy, Biden the frisky husband
Biden has joked to aides that ‘good sex’ is the key to a lasting and happy marriage, much to his wife’s chagrin
Maureen Dowd: The ogre gorging on America
Haley did not say what needed to be said: Trump should not be president because he tried to overthrow the government
If Trump wins in Iowa, it will be about tearing down faith in humanity. A blizzard is fitting
With a snow day I had time to contemplate the real mystery of Iowa: What has happened to the United States?
Maureen Dowd: Magical Jimmy Buffett packed a thousand lifetimes into one
In one sense at least, the charismatic Jimmy Buffett was a model for how to live: Build your life around what you love
Maureen Dowd: Catch the smug mug on that thug
Trump 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’
Maureen Dowd: The Rudy Giuliani ‘dime-store psychodrama’ plays on
How an opera-loving federal prosecutor and heroic mayor spiralled into lawlessness, multiple divorces, depression, drinking, money problems and more
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’
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 home
Maureen Dowd: New York’s fire commissioner is treading treacherous ground, with fault lines of class, sex and age
Laura Kavanagh, the city’s first woman fire commissioner, faced a mutiny by several male staff just months into her administration
Mel Brooks: I’ve tried to get even with Hitler by taking the Mickey out of him
In his new TV show, History of the World, Part II, you can still find all of Brooks’s signature comedy stylings: penis jokes, puke jokes and Hitler jokes
Maureen Dowd: Carter’s exemplary life a rebuke to Maga America
Former president has always been a positive force for peace and co-operation both at home and abroad
Maureen Dowd: ChatGPT opens a Pandora’s box of existential fears
Creative spark requires humanity. But soon, AI could be sentient. Then we’ll need our dog bowls
Maureen Dowd: Fire-starter Trump more culprit than victim
Trump is the first ex-president investigated as to whether he masterminded a coup attempt
Maureen Dowd: Zelenskiy, Hamlet and an irrational, soulless fiend
Ukrainian leader and people confront US with existential issue of where to draw line
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’
Maureen Dowd: Manning up, letting us down
Tragedy of 9/11 was followed by blunders from men seized by hyper-masculinity
Maureen Dowd: Why do Republicans hate cops?
GOP overwhelmingly stuck with Trump, perpetuating his sick mythology about Capitol riots
Maureen Dowd: ‘The Obama West Wing treated Biden quite shabbily’
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist on why Biden can succeed where Obama did not
Maureen Dowd: Joe Biden is ‘crazy about the Irish and plans to celebrate them every way he can’
The New York Times columnist was speaking at the Irish Times Summer Nights festival
‘If I was minister for housing’ ... David McWilliams’s plan for €220k homes
A site-value tax and co-operative building are among the economist’s housing crisis solutions
The Irish Times Summer Nights festival: Everything you need to know
Chris O’Dowd, Maureen Dowd and Mary Lou McDonald among guests for online series
Maureen Dowd, a Pulitzer-winning Beltway socialite with a caustic eye
Grande Dame of DC Dowd to give insight to Biden’s America and the politics-obsessed town
Irish Times Summer Nights festival: Final details revealed
Chris O’Dowd and Mary Lou McDonald among those appearing at this year’s event
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
Maureen Dowd: Sad and beautiful book by Hunter Biden
President’s son illuminates American family experience of extreme highs and lows
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
Suzanne Lynch’s US Election Diary: Country braced for possible post-vote violence
Voters go to polls in referendum on Trump amid fears president may not accept result
Suzanne Lynch’s US Election Diary: Trump campaigns relentlessly in bid to close polling gap
Obama, Bon Jovi and Cher add some razzmatazz to the Biden campaign
Sacha Baron Cohen: ‘I had to ring the alarm bell and say democracy is in peril’
The Borat actor on his new film and why he is reluctant to be a celebrity
Suzanne Lynch's US Election Diary: Trump picks fight with Fauci as he returns to campaign trail
Confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee Amy Coney Barrett to begin in US Senate this afternoon
Maureen Dowd: Efforts to cast Harris as an angry woman will not succeed
The US is rapidly moving past such caricatures. Besides, women should be angry
Maureen Dowd: Biden has his limitations but he’s no Trump
It’s the difference between fibs and whoppers, white lies and white supremacy
Maureen Dowd: Trump the vampire enabler lives and lets die
Man tasked with leading US out of valley of death appears removed, shirking responsibility
The notorious Donald John Trump goes on trial
He had savaged all his fellow Republicans and yet here they were, his Praetorian guard
Maureen Dowd: Trump is making things easier for women candidates
Ken Starr and Alan Dershowitz’s laxity on sexual assault will further energise women voters
Kathy Sheridan: The trouble with Maureen Dowd’s brother? He’s wrong
NYT columnist briefly handing controls to her Trumpist sibling leaves readers with a problem
Maureen Dowd: ‘Trump is the media’s villain and we are his’
Pulitzer prize-winning columnist on turmoil in Washington and thriving journalism
For Monica Lewinsky, it’s payback time
A new American Crime Story project will see overdue redemption for Monica Lewinsky
Trump shows support for Pelosi as rift with Ocasio-Cortez deepens
Spat started when Pelosi seemed to criticise four new congresswomen in an interview
Pelosi’s master class on how a woman can spar with Trump
House of Representatives speaker has defied critics and written a third act for herself
Maureen Dowd: Trump’s fake toughness pulls US back from brink
Despite claims of displaying weakness, US president called off dangerous strike on Iran
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