Maureen Dowd –

Mr. Smith went to Washington … With dimmers

August 27, 2020 at 3:38 p.m.

I was reading Michael Smith's chronicle of designing the Obama White House, feeling serene, marinating in a luxurious world of wine-colored swatches and embossed mohair velvet and carpet border details...

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

August 21, 2021 at 10:04 p.m.

It's a cool idea, Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. ... On the down side, Hillary would be taking over a big and demoralized government bureaucracy, after proving with her...

LACKLUSTER DOLE TAKES ON THE ROLE OF TIRED INCUMBENT

August 18, 2021 at 5:04 p.m.

Republicans mutter about Bob Dole being unelectable, Bob Dole losing so badly he wrecks the party, and Bob Dole running a confoundingly bad campaign. That's all on the record. So...

DOLE’S NAME KEEPS BOBBING UP AS A CAMPAIGN THEME

August 18, 2021 at 5:20 p.m.

Bob Dole is the candidate of not. He has not come up with a reason why he should be president, other than that he was not a winner in '76...

BUCHANAN TRIES INVERTING TENETS OF CATHOLICISM

August 18, 2021 at 5:21 p.m.

My father's green scrapbook is full of yellow news clips on Al Smith. He was a historical figure in our house: the first Catholic presidential nominee. There is the Happy...

IN ACTION MOVIES, STEPHANOPOULOS IS THE CUTE NERD

August 18, 2021 at 6:18 p.m.

I needed a break from politics. I wanted to see some explosions not caused by Pat Buchanan. I went to the new John Travolta movie, "Broken Arrow," about a psycho...

IT’S TIME TO GET RUTHLESS–OR LOSE

August 18, 2021 at 8:44 p.m.

To: Delegates to the Republican National Convention Re: The Next Revolution Sure, you're in a bind. No, it won't be pretty. Mutinies never are. But that's why you're Republicans. You...

WORRIED BY WANING VIRILITY, MEN SEEK A PATCHY SOLUTION

August 18, 2021 at 5:54 p.m.

Picture the modern man preparing himself for an evening's conquest. He has showered. He has shaved. He has strategically slicked his hair. Bryan Ferry's greatest hits play in the background....

SOMETHING’S DEFINITELY FISHY ABOUT MRS. CLINTON

August 18, 2021 at 8:32 p.m.

During the '92 campaign, I had dinner with Hillary Rodham Clinton at a revolving restaurant in Kentucky. She ordered a glass of white wine with an auspicious appellation--the White House....

MRS. CLINTON TAKING ON THE IMAGE OF `MOMMIE DEAREST’

August 18, 2021 at 4:29 p.m.

This was supposed to be earth-mother week. The first Lady is going on tour with her book, "It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us." "For more than...

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