Maureen Dowd's Blog, page 46

High Tea With Mr. Fancypants Sheen

After playing everyone from Mozart to Tony Blair, the actor Michael Sheen puts the Master of Sex on top.

He Has a Dream

President Obama, who once boldly and candidly addressed race, has outsourced the issue to the Rev. Al Sharpton.

The Golf Address

From the great battlefield of Farm Neck Golf Club in Martha’s Vineyard, a few words of national import.

Alone Again, Naturally

The rock-star candidate who got elected on his electrifying promise has become a bored bird in a gilded cage.

Where’s the Justice at Justice?

Why do the president and the attorney general praise the First Amendment while they push to imprison truth?

It’s the Loyalty, Stupid

The Clintons will kick you when you’re down, and other unofficial slogans in politics.

Back to Iraq

Once again, we are ensnared in our mess in Mesopotamia.

A Modest Proposal

Impeachment is the obvious elixir to all our problems in our absurdist capital. 

Throw the Book at Him

43’s biography of 41 should be called “Mano a Mano: I Wish I'd Listened to my Dad.”

Night at the Opera?

As the clock ticks down on union negotiations, the Met plays out its most painful opera.