Maureen Dowd's Blog, page 57

Cascading Confessions

The revelations of two famous women help bring their diseases out of the shadows.

When Myths Collide in the Capital

It’s a glorious spring weekend of accusation and obfuscation as Hillaryland goes up against Foxworld.

America’s Military Injustice

The women in Congress take aim at the complacent brass.

In a Gaudy Theme Park, Jay-Z Meets J-Gatz

WHEN I started out in journalism, I spent five long years as a reporter in Montgomery County, Md., a cosseted suburb of Washington. I felt suffocated, as though I’d never escape to the blazing, gritty larger world I dreamed of covering.

In a Gaudy Theme Park, Jay-Z Meets J-Gatz

Why are we borne back ceaselessly to West Egg and Gatsby swag?

Bottoms Up, Lame Duck

The president wants to build a permission structure for Congress when he needs to build a playpen.

Silver Fox’s Pink Slip

In the Bush family, one brother is sacrificed on the altar of the other’s misdeeds.

Lost in Space

Gunfire, pressure cookers, tweets, vigilantes and talking heads who can’t stop talking.

No Bully in the Pulpit

Why doesn’t 90 percent of America equal 60 senators?

The C.I.A.’s Angry Birds

Tinker, tailor drone operator.