Maureen Dowd: Trump is the master con man, but Biden is giving him a run for his money
It is now apparent that aides have finessed every scene with oily glib, creating an impression at odds with what the rest of the world is seeing
Maureen Dowd: Joe Biden is jeopardising the democracy he wants to save
In his misguided quest for a second term, the US president has succumbed to behaviour redolent of Donald Trump
Sean Penn: ‘In Ukraine I really had a sensation of what I’ve been missing in the US. It’s really abnormal what we’re doing’
The Oscar-winning actor invites Maureen Dowd into his Hawaii home and chats about his friendship with Hunter Biden, his activism around the world, why he became disillusioned with Hollywood, and what happens when ‘the trauma gods’ visit
Trump seemed rattled by his conviction. We should watch what he does next
If Trump keeps railing about himself in apocalyptic terms, it could give Biden an opportunity. And Biden badly needs an opportunity
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
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?
OJ Simpson and the monster jealousy
Simpson escaped in his criminal trial but he did not escape the opprobrium of many in America who felt he had got away with murder
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: Trump’s hallucinatory supporters admire him as a strongman, even if American values are forgotten
Republicans pledge allegiance to their candidate’s ego rather than the American flag
Maureen Dowd: Democrats should grab their smelling salts for a long case of the vapors
Stealth 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 be
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.’