Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd
Maureen Bridgid Dowdis an American columnist for The New York Times, and a best-selling author...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth14 January 1952
writing
Don't write anything down, but save everything that anyone else writes down.
should wells contempt
Zingers should glow with intelligence as well as drip with contempt.
ideas american-exceptionalism exceptional
The idea of American exceptionalism doesn't extend to Americans being exceptional.
our-time
Celebrity is the religion of our time.
kids years car
Feminism died in 1998 when Hillary allowed henchlings and Democrats to demonize Monica as an unbalanced stalker, and when Gloria Steinem defended Mr. Clinton against Kathleen Willey and Paula Jones by saying he had merely made clumsy passes, then accepted rejection, so there was no sexual harassment involved. As to his dallying with an emotionally immature 21-year-old, Ms. Steinem noted, 'Welcome sexual behavior is about as relevant to sexual harassment as borrowing a car is to stealing one.' Surely what's good for the Comeback Kid is good for the Terminator.
needs stuff different
When you're young, and even at times when you're older, it's hard to fathom this: What needs to be nurtured is the stuff that's different, that sets you apart from the pack, rather than the stuff that helps you blend in.
sacrifice white appreciate
The Obamas, especially Michelle, have radiated the sense that Americans do not appreciate what they sacrifice by living in a gilded cage. They've forgotten Rule No. 1 of politics: No one sheds tears for anyone lucky enough to live at the White House.
people charity earth
The Clintons want to do big worthy things, but they also want to squeeze money from rich people wherever they live on planet Earth, insatiably gobbling up cash for politics and charity and themselves from the same incestuous swirl.
beautiful way forgotten
Women have become so obsessed with not withering, they've forgotten that there are infinite ways to be beautiful.
evolve decided
Personally, I've decided to stop evolving.
social-media
Tweetin' ain't cheatin'.
years holocaust religion
The Mormons even baptized Anne Frank. It took Ernest Michel, then chairman of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, three years to get Mormons to agree to stop proxy-baptizing Holocaust victims.
trying muzzle looks
It is an astonishing thing that historians will look back and puzzle over, that in the 21st century, American women were such hunted creatures. Even as Republicans try to wrestle women into chastity belts, the Vatican is trying to muzzle American nuns.
years salad eating
My eating habits were so bad for many years that I didn't actually know the intricacies of making a salad.