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The cyberbully, the torture queen and the swamp creatures

The cyberbully, the torture queen and the swamp creatures

Maureen Dowd: Everything is plausible in Trumpworld

Sun May 13 2018 - 17:40
Maureen Dowd: The naked truth about siren-blaring, attention-seeking Trump

Maureen Dowd: The naked truth about siren-blaring, attention-seeking Trump

The US president’s brawls and scuffles might just see him lose his grip

Sun May 06 2018 - 17:44
David Duchovny: I’ve written a book based on Cuchulainn

David Duchovny: I’ve written a book based on Cuchulainn

The ‘X-Files’ actor tells Maureen Dowd about his New York novel based on the Ulster myths

Mon Apr 30 2018 - 10:12
Maureen Dowd: Trump would be US’s cartoon Nobel peace laureate

Maureen Dowd: Trump would be US’s cartoon Nobel peace laureate

Deal to denuclearise North Korea could help pave way to second term as US president

Sun Apr 29 2018 - 16:35
Maureen Dowd: Barbara Bush was an expert in throwing shade

Maureen Dowd: Barbara Bush was an expert in throwing shade

Former first lady could be caustic, but she also championed causes such as literacy and Aids

Mon Apr 23 2018 - 02:06
Washington, we need an exorcist!

Washington, we need an exorcist!

Maureen Dowd: William Friedkin revisits old haunts for his new film about exorcism

Mon Apr 16 2018 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Porn culture is making sex bleak and transactional

Maureen Dowd: Porn culture is making sex bleak and transactional

How has digital era led women to have sex with people who don’t appeal to them?

Sun Apr 08 2018 - 15:48
Trump clan engaged in tug of war over American values

Trump clan engaged in tug of war over American values

Maureen Dowd: the family circle around US president fails to act as moderating influence

Sun Apr 01 2018 - 15:28
Maureen Dowd: Bolt the Oval against John Bolton

Maureen Dowd: Bolt the Oval against John Bolton

After all those years of criticising George W Bush on war, Donald Trump is now letting himself be guided by the former president’s most hawkish adviser

Mon Mar 26 2018 - 05:00
Maureen Dowd: Trump has embraced being a joke president

Maureen Dowd: Trump has embraced being a joke president

Firing Rex Tillerson by tweet left the US president high on all the chaos

Mon Mar 19 2018 - 05:11
Maureen Dowd: Stormy days ahead for first US porn president

Maureen Dowd: Stormy days ahead for first US porn president

Damage from gender chasm awaits Trump and Republican Party in midterm elections

Mon Mar 12 2018 - 07:26
Maureen Dowd: Hooray for Harvey-less Hollywood

Maureen Dowd: Hooray for Harvey-less Hollywood

On the surface things are improving but an instant fix for sexism is wishful thinking

Mon Mar 05 2018 - 01:01
Maureen Dowd: This snake cannot shed his skin

Maureen Dowd: This snake cannot shed his skin

His tangerine skin was caked with make-up but the kind woman took the vicious snake in

Mon Feb 26 2018 - 01:05
Maureen Dowd: Children just collateral damage in Trump’s America

Maureen Dowd: Children just collateral damage in Trump’s America

We can’t even summon the energy to break the choke-hold that the NRA has on Republicans

Sun Feb 18 2018 - 15:15
Thanks to Donald Trump, Americans now know what they don’t want

Thanks to Donald Trump, Americans now know what they don’t want

Maureen Dowd: the qualities required – and now lacking – of a US president have never been more clear

Mon Feb 12 2018 - 01:00
Uma Thurman: Harvey Weinstein assaulted me

Uma Thurman: Harvey Weinstein assaulted me

Interview: Actor also details behavior of ‘Kill Bill’ director Quentin Tarantino

Sat Feb 03 2018 - 21:00
Maureen Dowd: Trump preens as the first lady vanishes

Maureen Dowd: Trump preens as the first lady vanishes

Melania’s rebellion shows how this administration is a shattering moment for the US

Mon Jan 29 2018 - 01:00
Hollywood is like Saudi Arabia on Sunset Boulevard

Hollywood is like Saudi Arabia on Sunset Boulevard

Maureen Dowd: As men fall, women are rising. Now the gender apartheid has to end

Mon Dec 18 2017 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Washington mired in mud of sexual harassment

Maureen Dowd: Washington mired in mud of sexual harassment

Al Franken resigns for wet kisses while Trump skips past his braggadocio on groping

Sun Dec 10 2017 - 16:08
Maureen Dowd: My Trump-voting brother Kevin is not tired of winning

Maureen Dowd: My Trump-voting brother Kevin is not tired of winning

For Thanksgiving weekend - a list of things (mostly Trump related) that don’t bother me

Mon Nov 27 2017 - 01:00
The Hillary effect: How would #MeToo fare with Clinton in the White House?

The Hillary effect: How would #MeToo fare with Clinton in the White House?

Maureen Dowd: Institutional feminism died during the Monica Lewinsky affair

Sun Nov 19 2017 - 16:46
Maureen Dowd: Interview with Mark Cuban, ‘Trump without the crazy’

Maureen Dowd: Interview with Mark Cuban, ‘Trump without the crazy’

‘He’s overselling all the time. Donald Trump is not a problem-solver’

Sun Oct 29 2017 - 16:44
Jimmy Carter eager to help Trump with North Korea

Jimmy Carter eager to help Trump with North Korea

Former US president complains Obama did not forge better relations with Pyongyang

Mon Oct 23 2017 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Harvey Weinstein and Hollywood’s oldest horror story

Maureen Dowd: Harvey Weinstein and Hollywood’s oldest horror story

Producer protected himself by giving to liberal causes and cultivating friends in politics

Mon Oct 16 2017 - 01:40
Maureen Dowd: Prospect of President Zuckerberg is very scary

Maureen Dowd: Prospect of President Zuckerberg is very scary

Facebook’s Frankenstein moment in US election shows its power to warp democracy

Mon Sept 25 2017 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Move over DiCaprio, da Vinci - Here’s Leo Varadkar

Maureen Dowd: Move over DiCaprio, da Vinci - Here’s Leo Varadkar

New York Times columnist interviews Taoiseach in Dublin

Sun Sept 10 2017 - 10:48
Maureen Dowd: Weasel words on neo-Nazis reveal Trump’s character

Maureen Dowd: Weasel words on neo-Nazis reveal Trump’s character

The US president is becoming ever more crazed, isolated and self-destructive

Mon Aug 21 2017 - 05:30
Maureen Dowd: Will Trump the blowhard blow us up?

Maureen Dowd: Will Trump the blowhard blow us up?

Can two belligerent leaders living in fantasy worlds taunt us into a nuclear war?

Mon Aug 14 2017 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: An epic clash looms between Mueller and Trump

Maureen Dowd: An epic clash looms between Mueller and Trump

US president fails to fathom how empowered Bobby Three Sticks is to look into his dealings

Mon Aug 07 2017 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Trump’s sadism leaves him impotent

Maureen Dowd: Trump’s sadism leaves him impotent

US president is trapped in a caricature of masculinity that corrodes his judgment

Mon Jul 31 2017 - 05:52
As theatre, Game of Trump has a dazzling collection of fools and jesters

As theatre, Game of Trump has a dazzling collection of fools and jesters

US president thrives on the same philosophy espoused by Littlefinger in ‘Game of Thrones’

Sun Jul 16 2017 - 16:12
Donald Trump’s Putin-shaped rabbit hole

Donald Trump’s Putin-shaped rabbit hole

Maureen Dowd: Steve Bannon wants to cut taxes for the poor. But the president’s too busy being played for a sucker

Sun Jul 09 2017 - 17:58
Maureen Dowd: Heartless Trump mistakes cruelty for strength

Maureen Dowd: Heartless Trump mistakes cruelty for strength

Strongman reflex: US president’s vile tweets indicate his deteriorating psychological condition

Mon Jul 03 2017 - 05:30
Maureen Dowd: Donald Trump skunks the Democrats – again

Maureen Dowd: Donald Trump skunks the Democrats – again

Stuck in loser gear, the Democrats need fresh talent and a clear message

Mon Jun 26 2017 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Trump, Uber and the hazards of broism

Maureen Dowd: Trump, Uber and the hazards of broism

So much for the notion that Melania moving into the White House would restrain the president

Mon Jun 19 2017 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Trump drags America to a new low

Maureen Dowd: Trump drags America to a new low

The US leader is constantly creating the kind of havoc that could end his presidency

Mon Jun 12 2017 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Infantile US president stomps all over  Planet Earth

Maureen Dowd: Infantile US president stomps all over Planet Earth

Donald Trump’s latest antics merely cement his image as the highchair king

Mon Jun 05 2017 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Trump remains a schoolyard bully

Maureen Dowd: Trump remains a schoolyard bully

Obama’s controversies pale compared with the daily traumas of the current White House

Mon May 29 2017 - 01:00
Psst! Want to know what Trump told Comey at the infamous dinner?

Psst! Want to know what Trump told Comey at the infamous dinner?

Fortuitously, a tape from that fateful wintry meeting popped up in my mailbox

Sun May 14 2017 - 21:00
Maureen Dowd: Donald Trump is  hazardous to our health

Maureen Dowd: Donald Trump is hazardous to our health

The Republicans have voted for something that will cause them a lot of pain in the future

Sun May 07 2017 - 18:12
Maureen Dowd: Dear Donald, you were just  played for a sucker

Maureen Dowd: Dear Donald, you were just played for a sucker

Flashy marketing could not mask healthcare Bill was a wealth transfer to the rich

Mon Mar 27 2017 - 08:23
Maureen Dowd: Instead of growing up  in office, Trump is regressing

Maureen Dowd: Instead of growing up in office, Trump is regressing

Everyone is tiptoeing around the mad king in his gilded, sparse court

Mon Mar 20 2017 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: ‘Normal’ Trump is even more frightening

Maureen Dowd: ‘Normal’ Trump is even more frightening

George W Bush’s return to the public stage shows just how far likability can get you

Mon Mar 06 2017 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: ‘Trump could not live without the press. It is his crack’

Maureen Dowd: ‘Trump could not live without the press. It is his crack’

In his heyday, ‘President Action’ used fake news to sell himself as a chick magnet

Mon Feb 27 2017 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: We’re all trapped inside Trump’s skull now

Maureen Dowd: We’re all trapped inside Trump’s skull now

A fine-tuned machine spewing chaos, cruelty, confusion, farce and transfixing craziness

Mon Feb 20 2017 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: How Trump is  making America great again

Maureen Dowd: How Trump is making America great again

The president has breathed new life into everything from feminism to Senate hearings

Mon Feb 13 2017 - 08:35
Maureen Dowd: Who can blame Melania Trump for resisting her Easter egg role?

Maureen Dowd: Who can blame Melania Trump for resisting her Easter egg role?

As the first lady vanishes, her absence from her husband’s side is making her a folk hero

Mon Feb 06 2017 - 01:00
Maureen Dowd: Who knew it would get so weird so quickly?

Maureen Dowd: Who knew it would get so weird so quickly?

For Trump, having the press corps captive in the White House is like mainlining heroin

Mon Jan 30 2017 - 13:58
Maureen Dowd: Judd Apatow freaking out over Trump

Maureen Dowd: Judd Apatow freaking out over Trump

Downside of election result is people overeating and numbing out, says producer

Mon Jan 16 2017 - 01:00
Inside the mind of Peter Thiel, Donald Trump’s tech bestie

Inside the mind of Peter Thiel, Donald Trump’s tech bestie

The Facebook cofounder and funder of Hulk Hogan’s Gawker case is now on team Trump

Thu Jan 12 2017 - 12:25
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