Maureen Dowd's Blog, page 75

OP-ED COLUMNIST; Coffee Cups In Hell

It's the Mormon moment. The Republican Mormons Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman may run for president, braving more questions about whether they wear the sacred undergarment and more resistance from evangelicals who consider Mormonism an affront to Christianity.

Coffee Cups in Hell

Mormons make their flamboyant debut on Broadway — could the White House be next?

OP-ED COLUMNIST; Fight Of The Valkyries

Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column speculates on whether fact that more female than male advisers to Pres Obama urged no-fly zone over Libya will mean that women will be blamed if United States ends up in yet another morass

Fight of the Valkyries

Lady Hawks swoop. Will women be blamed if we end up in Libya for 10 years?

OP-ED COLUMNIST; No Kiss From Kate

WASHINGTON When Chris Dodd accepted the job as head of the Motion Picture Association of America, he did not know the address of his new office, located just down the street from the White House.

No Kiss From Kate

With only one cameo under his belt, a former Connecticut senator becomes Hollywood's ambassador to Washington.

OP-ED COLUMNIST; Avenging Altar Boy

Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column praises courage of US District Attorney R Seth Williams of Philadelphia, first federal prosecutor to charge an official of the Roman Catholic Church for endangering children by shuffling pedophile priests to different parishes where they found fresh prey

Avenging Altar Boy

The Philadelphia D.A., who once cleaned up the rectory, continues to clean up his church.

In Search of Monsters

Paul Wolfowitz has lost the right to be moral arbiter on matters of war. He just doesn't know it.

OP-ED COLUMNIST; Sexy Ruses to Stop Forgetting to Remember

Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column highlights Joshua Foer book Moonwalking With Einstein, which chronicles the author's attempt to become a mnemonic master