Maureen Dowd
Humans may be on the way out. But at least the humanities are back
Maybe the lords of the cloud hope truth and beauty can help us steer artificial intelligence for the better
The world is in peril. Don’t worry about it, they say
In a world steeped in violence and menace, the people in charge constantly tell us not to worry
Donald Trump’s vile Truth Social clip proves he is unfit for office
The man who pushed the despicable ‘birther’ conspiracy theory against Barack Obama is still at it
Does a Pacino-De Niro bromance ad contain the seeds of a cure for male loneliness?
With their depictions of fun buddy bonding – harking back to a time before technology swallowed communication – Madison Avenue is modelling the sort of friendships that are waning in society
Trump’s White House destruction: It’s as if he’s tearing down a gas station
Many of his voters wanted to see the president take a jackhammer to Washington, but I’m not sure they meant it this literally
Opposition must be wary of slating Trump’s Washington DC crackdown
I find myself packing pepper spray again
Trump has long bedazzled his life – now he’s refashioning the Oval and our democracy
US president is making the justice department a subsidiary of Trump Inc
CBS and other media outlets caving to Trump is sickening. At least South Park will still hold people accountable
Who could believe CBS sacking Stephen Colbert was just about money?
How Donald Trump ended up with a cabinet of incompetents
Trump believed the big mistake of his first term was picking disloyal officials
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
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