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Maureen Dowd: Is this the Big One for Crooked Donald?

Maureen Dowd: Is this the Big One for Crooked Donald?

‘If the president has done what has been alleged, then he is stepping into a ... minefield’

Mon Sept 23 2019 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Has game-changing Trump doomed Democrats to irrelevance?

Maureen Dowd: Has game-changing Trump doomed Democrats to irrelevance?

Democratic debate shows how president has altered the way US experiences politics

Sun Sept 15 2019 - 15:22
Maureen Dowd: Republicans are point blank cowards on gun control

Maureen Dowd: Republicans are point blank cowards on gun control

Trump is no gun nut but orphaned child image shows him devoid of human empathy

Sun Aug 11 2019 - 18:09
Maureen Dowd: Requiem for white men

Maureen Dowd: Requiem for white men

Candidates who in the past might have headed the presidential pack are struggling in the polls

Mon Aug 05 2019 - 05:00
Maureen Dowd: Democratic puritanism ruining 2020 hopes

Maureen Dowd: Democratic puritanism ruining 2020 hopes

Mueller hearings shamed Republicans and failed Democrats thirsting for impeachment

Sun Jul 28 2019 - 16:59
Maureen Dowd: Democrats must escape trap of Trump’s malice

Maureen Dowd: Democrats must escape trap of Trump’s malice

US president has shifted from subtlety to let toads of racism leap straight from his mouth

Sun Jul 21 2019 - 17:37
Maureen Dowd: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez going after wrong target

Maureen Dowd: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez going after wrong target

It is a deranged proposition that Nancy Pelosi is the problem in dangerous era of Trump

Sun Jul 14 2019 - 17:48
Pelosi’s master class on how a woman can spar with Trump

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

Sun Jul 07 2019 - 15:54
Joe Biden has a problem: too much past, not enough presence

Joe Biden has a problem: too much past, not enough presence

Maureen Dowd: Arrogance of former vice president’s operation came spilling out on the debate stage

Sun Jun 30 2019 - 16:00
Maureen Dowd: Trump’s fake toughness pulls US back from brink

Maureen Dowd: Trump’s fake toughness pulls US back from brink

Despite claims of displaying weakness, US president called off dangerous strike on Iran

Mon Jun 24 2019 - 05:00
Trump is a gargoyle atop the White House, chomping on US values

Trump is a gargoyle atop the White House, chomping on US values

President wallows in mendacity and amorality in a way unique in history of the office

Sun Jun 16 2019 - 15:29
Maureen Dowd: Trump’s Fourth of July plans are far from Yankee Doodle Dandy

Maureen Dowd: Trump’s Fourth of July plans are far from Yankee Doodle Dandy

President’s self-serving plans to hijack Independence Day party sucks the fun out of it

Mon Jun 10 2019 - 01:49
Maureen Dowd: Crazy is as crazy does

Maureen Dowd: Crazy is as crazy does

It’s exhausting to keep explaining how beyond the pale the 45th US president is

Sun May 26 2019 - 15:23
There is a feeling US hawks are building a campaign for a Middle East invasion

There is a feeling US hawks are building a campaign for a Middle East invasion

Will Trump drag his national security adviser and other uber hawks back from the precipice of their fondest desire to attack Iran?

Sun May 19 2019 - 16:09
Silicon Valley’s touted ‘utopia’ helped deliver our current dystopia

Silicon Valley’s touted ‘utopia’ helped deliver our current dystopia

When the Vatican complains you’re dragging the US ‘back to the past’ , you know you’re in trouble

Sun May 12 2019 - 15:30
Foul play beats fair for these malevolent US actors

Foul play beats fair for these malevolent US actors

Transformation of Barr into evil genius outplaying old friend Mueller a nasty spectacle

Sun May 05 2019 - 21:29
Gérard Araud: ‘Social democracy is in a coma in Europe’

Gérard Araud: ‘Social democracy is in a coma in Europe’

Departing French ambassador to US tells of Trump’s ‘genius’ in transforming Republican Party

Sun Apr 28 2019 - 17:14
Maureen Dowd: How the egomaniac in the Oval was ‘exonerated’

Maureen Dowd: How the egomaniac in the Oval was ‘exonerated’

Truth of Mueller report is Trump’s dirtbag machinations are driven by insane vanity

Sun Apr 21 2019 - 17:01
Maureen Dowd: Fiery women and the Mother of Dragons

Maureen Dowd: Fiery women and the Mother of Dragons

The many women leaders in Game of Thrones parallels the rise of women leaders around the world

Sun Apr 07 2019 - 20:22
Trump emerges as Smugness Maximus in wake of Mueller

Trump emerges as Smugness Maximus in wake of Mueller

Maureen Dowd: President wallows in victimhood rather than savour triumph

Sun Mar 31 2019 - 15:29
Maureen Dowd: Democrats yearn to hear Mueller scream ‘this is a real national emergency’

Maureen Dowd: Democrats yearn to hear Mueller scream ‘this is a real national emergency’

No one, from the president down, knew when the report would come or what it would say

Sun Mar 24 2019 - 15:59
Maureen Dowd: Is Beto O’Rourke just latest mythic would-be US saviour?

Maureen Dowd: Is Beto O’Rourke just latest mythic would-be US saviour?

Pugilistic progressives may not stomach rich kid like Beto when US is in eat-rich mood

Mon Mar 18 2019 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Cohen’s pathetic fate should be a warning for Republicans

Maureen Dowd: Cohen’s pathetic fate should be a warning for Republicans

Trump’s messy break-up with his lawyer shows he does not give or deserve loyalty

Mon Mar 04 2019 - 18:43
Joe Biden’s family likely to attract Trump’s low blows

Joe Biden’s family likely to attract Trump’s low blows

The painful reality is he is head of a family that has messily spilled into the tabloids

Mon Feb 25 2019 - 05:46
Maureen Dowd: Many turned a blind eye to Michael Jackson’s cruelty

Maureen Dowd: Many turned a blind eye to Michael Jackson’s cruelty

Celebrity supersedes criminality. How can you see clearly when you’re looking into the sun?

Mon Feb 18 2019 - 13:43
Maureen Dowd: Meet Jeff Bezos, Amazon warrior

Maureen Dowd: Meet Jeff Bezos, Amazon warrior

The world’s richest man has become a folk hero due to his row with ‘National Enquirer’

Mon Feb 11 2019 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Being Roger Stone finally catches up with Roger Stone

Maureen Dowd: Being Roger Stone finally catches up with Roger Stone

Cat’s cradle of dirty tricks trips up putative dognapper along with Paul Manafort

Mon Jan 28 2019 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Women’s revolution is transforming Congress

Maureen Dowd: Women’s revolution is transforming Congress

Trump feels heat of vengeance against the wicked man in the White House

Mon Jan 21 2019 - 05:05
Maureen Dowd: Pelosi and Trump are two different sides of immigrant experience

Maureen Dowd: Pelosi and Trump are two different sides of immigrant experience

Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s vocational drive contrasts with President Trump’s opportunism

Mon Jan 14 2019 - 01:00
Why Trump should fear Pelosi

Why Trump should fear Pelosi

Madam Speaker can count, legislate, horse-trade and stroke – plus she’s very, very tough

Sun Jan 06 2019 - 15:33
Maureen Dowd: Curtains for the Clintons

Maureen Dowd: Curtains for the Clintons

Sea of empty seats on arena tour a sign of delusional Bill and Hillary’s lack of relevance

Sun Dec 02 2018 - 16:20
Maureen Dowd: We are in a war over what kind of America we want

Maureen Dowd: We are in a war over what kind of America we want

Trump’s genius for hate and division has driven us into a canyon that won’t be easy to exit

Mon Nov 26 2018 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Obama’s softness on banker crime was a gift to Trump

Maureen Dowd: Obama’s softness on banker crime was a gift to Trump

Trump’s promise to punish Wall Street for ‘getting away with murder’ was another con

Mon Nov 19 2018 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Who’s the real American psycho? Clue: it’s not Trump

Maureen Dowd: Who’s the real American psycho? Clue: it’s not Trump

Those who eroded America’s moral authority in the 2000s are now its moral guardians

Mon Nov 12 2018 - 01:00
Gary Hart: ‘I bear a very heavy burden of responsibility’

Gary Hart: ‘I bear a very heavy burden of responsibility’

Former presidential candidate wonders whether 1987 controversy led US down road to Trump

Sun Nov 04 2018 - 23:00
Trump learned art of ‘riling up crazies’ from Roger Ailes

Trump learned art of ‘riling up crazies’ from Roger Ailes

Mastermind of Fox News hate-breeding techniques provided playbook for president

Mon Oct 29 2018 - 06:00
Maureen Dowd: Saudis’ medieval barbarity is enabled by US Faustian pact

Maureen Dowd: Saudis’ medieval barbarity is enabled by US Faustian pact

The Saudis need the US more than the US needs them. Yet they continue to be coddled

Mon Oct 22 2018 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Testimonies, FBI and US’s pretend search for truth

Maureen Dowd: Testimonies, FBI and US’s pretend search for truth

If Republicans had wanted to vet Kavanaugh, Judge would already have been subpoenaed

Mon Oct 01 2018 - 01:00
History repeated as US Republicans pummel Kavanaugh accuser

History repeated as US Republicans pummel Kavanaugh accuser

Blasey Ford dealing with dark forces not in play during Hill-Thomas episode

Sun Sept 23 2018 - 15:17
Maureen Dowd: Trump finally makes a friend

Maureen Dowd: Trump finally makes a friend

The US president may be widely shunned but at the bottom of the world he has found a loyal mate

Sun Sept 16 2018 - 18:59
Maureen Dowd on New Zealand’s PM Jacinda Ardern

Maureen Dowd on New Zealand’s PM Jacinda Ardern

Running the rule over moral leadership and being only second world leader to give birth

Mon Sept 10 2018 - 04:05
Maureen Dowd: The Don and his Badfellas may not remain untouchables

Maureen Dowd: The Don and his Badfellas may not remain untouchables

The Trumps have often been compared to a mob family – and with good reason

Sun Jul 29 2018 - 16:50
Maureen Dowd: Trump’s pompous day out with Putin

Maureen Dowd: Trump’s pompous day out with Putin

How the US president might set the agenda for another day of self-aggrandisement

Mon Jul 23 2018 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Why does Trump insist on hugging Putin the menace?

Maureen Dowd: Why does Trump insist on hugging Putin the menace?

Perhaps it’s an Oedipal thing, that Putin reminds Trump of his authoritarian father

Mon Jul 16 2018 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Twitter addict Trump is making America meaner

Maureen Dowd: Twitter addict Trump is making America meaner

Hostility that so easily flows from his fingers now defines his immigration policy

Mon Jul 09 2018 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Democratic socialist pushes past sexism on the trail

Maureen Dowd: Democratic socialist pushes past sexism on the trail

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 'I wake up every day and I’m a Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx. Every single day'

Mon Jul 02 2018 - 01:00
‘She’s so inauthentic’: the unmasking of Ivanka Trump

‘She’s so inauthentic’: the unmasking of Ivanka Trump

Maureen Dowd: Try as she might, nobody is buying the blond saviour routine any more

Mon Jun 25 2018 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Bill Clinton finally faces a #MeToo moment

Maureen Dowd: Bill Clinton finally faces a #MeToo moment

Former US president’s threadbare routine of maudlin self-pity does not work any more

Mon Jun 11 2018 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Obama mused on being ‘too good’ for Americans

Maureen Dowd: Obama mused on being ‘too good’ for Americans

New book by aide Ben Rhodes gives insights into former president’s – superior – thinking

Mon Jun 04 2018 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: United States of con artists is our modern reality

Maureen Dowd: United States of con artists is our modern reality

White House, FBI, Hollywood, tech sector, education, media are all snake-oil salesmen

Sun May 27 2018 - 20:09
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