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Are Americans still fair, as my parents were? It’s unfair that I must ask

Are Americans still fair, as my parents were? It’s unfair that I must ask

As America approaches its 250th birthday on July 4, I want to reclaim my faith in its decency.

28.06.2026 10

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Are Americans still fair, as my parents were? It’s unfair that I must ask

Are Americans still fair, as my parents were? It’s unfair that I must ask

As America approaches its 250th birthday on July 4, I want to reclaim my faith in its decency.

28.06.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Are Americans still fair, as my parents were? It’s unfair that I must ask

Are Americans still fair, as my parents were? It’s unfair that I must ask

As America approaches its 250th birthday on July 4, I want to reclaim my faith in its decency.

28.06.2026 10

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Are Americans still fair, as my parents were? It’s unfair that I must ask

Are Americans still fair, as my parents were? It’s unfair that I must ask

As America approaches its 250th birthday on July 4, I want to reclaim my faith in its decency.

28.06.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Trump marched in to transform DC’s famed reflection pool. The result is just like his presidency

Trump marched in to transform DC’s famed reflection pool. The result is just like his presidency

On the hallowed site where Martin Luther King jnr gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, Trump promised to turn the water “American flag blue”. The...

21.06.2026 20

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Trump marched in to transform DC’s famed reflection pool. The result is just like his presidency

Trump marched in to transform DC’s famed reflection pool. The result is just like his presidency

On the hallowed site where Martin Luther King jnr gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, Trump promised to turn the water “American flag blue”. The...

21.06.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Trump marched in to transform DC’s famed reflection pool. The result is just like his presidency

Trump marched in to transform DC’s famed reflection pool. The result is just like his presidency

On the hallowed site where Martin Luther King jnr gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, Trump promised to turn the water “American flag blue”. The...

21.06.2026 30

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Trump marched in to transform DC’s famed reflection pool. The result is just like his presidency

Trump marched in to transform DC’s famed reflection pool. The result is just like his presidency

On the hallowed site where Martin Luther King jnr gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, Trump promised to turn the water “American flag blue”. The...

21.06.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

The spell of Jeffrey Epstein haunts the White House

After a week bristling with lurid revelations, it’s clear that no matter how much the US president wishes him away, Jeffrey Epstein is haunting...

14.06.2026 20

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

The spell of Jeffrey Epstein haunts the White House

After a week bristling with lurid revelations, it’s clear that no matter how much the US president wishes him away, Jeffrey Epstein is haunting...

14.06.2026 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

The spell of Jeffrey Epstein haunts the White House

After a week bristling with lurid revelations, it’s clear that no matter how much the US president wishes him away, Jeffrey Epstein is haunting...

14.06.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

The spell of Jeffrey Epstein haunts the White House

After a week bristling with lurid revelations, it’s clear that no matter how much the US president wishes him away, Jeffrey Epstein is haunting...

14.06.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Why one woman has persisted as the world’s most shimmery sex symbol – and it wasn’t her looks

Norma Jeane Mortenson is getting the love she always craved. In a world that lacks artists who burn through the screen, Marilyn Monroe remains as...

07.06.2026 20

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Why one woman has persisted as the world’s most shimmery sex symbol – and it wasn’t her looks

Norma Jeane Mortenson is getting the love she always craved. In a world that lacks artists who burn through the screen, Marilyn Monroe remains as...

07.06.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Why one woman has persisted as the world’s most shimmery sex symbol – and it wasn’t her looks

Norma Jeane Mortenson is getting the love she always craved. In a world that lacks artists who burn through the screen, Marilyn Monroe remains as...

07.06.2026 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Why Marilyn Monroe has persisted as the world’s most shimmery sex symbol – and it wasn’t her looks

Norma Jeane Mortenson – who survived a mentally ill mother, 12 foster homes and a mudslide of sexual predation in Hollywood – is getting the love...

07.06.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Suddenly, AI’s tech titans are talking up humanities. Wishful thinking or just a guilt trip?

After decades of dismissing liberal arts as useless, the tech world is coming around to the idea that learning about human nature could be a valuable...

17.05.2026 40

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Suddenly, AI’s tech titans are talking up humanities. Wishful thinking or just a guilt trip?

After decades of dismissing liberal arts as useless, the tech world is coming around to the idea that learning about human nature could be a valuable...

17.05.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Suddenly, AI’s tech titans are talking up humanities. Wishful thinking or just a guilt trip?

After decades of dismissing liberal arts as useless, the tech world is coming around to the idea that learning about human nature could be a valuable...

17.05.2026 20

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Suddenly, AI’s tech titans are talking up humanities. Wishful thinking or just a guilt trip?

After decades of dismissing liberal arts as useless, the tech world is coming around to the idea that learning about human nature could be a valuable...

17.05.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Why Captain Outrageous was nothing like the gutless billionaires who submit to Trump

The swashbuckler and great rival of Rupert Murdoch once laughed about how he could go off his medication and see off his tycoon rival once and for...

10.05.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Why Captain Outrageous was nothing like the gutless billionaires who submit to Trump

The swashbuckler and great rival of Rupert Murdoch once laughed about how he could go off his medication and see off his tycoon rival once and for...

10.05.2026 30

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Why Captain Outrageous was nothing like the gutless billionaires who submit to Trump

The swashbuckler and great rival of Rupert Murdoch once laughed about how he could go off his medication and see off his tycoon rival once and for...

10.05.2026 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Why Captain Outrageous was nothing like the gutless billionaires who submit to Trump

The swashbuckler and great rival of Rupert Murdoch once laughed about how he could go off his medication and see off his tycoon rival once and for...

10.05.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

His Majesty and our travesty: Amid No Kings protests, Charles trumped the tyrant president

Nobody cared what Charles had to say last time he visited America because all eyes were on Princess Di, the Sloane Square Cinderella. This time, he...

03.05.2026 60

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

His Majesty and our travesty: Amid No Kings protests, Charles trumped the tyrant president

Nobody cared what Charles had to say last time he visited America because all eyes were on Princess Di, the Sloane Square Cinderella. This time, he...

03.05.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

His Majesty and our travesty: Amid No Kings protests, Charles trumped the tyrant president

Nobody cared what Charles had to say last time he visited America because all eyes were on Princess Di, the Sloane Square Cinderella. This time, he...

03.05.2026 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

His Majesty and our travesty: Amid No Kings protests, Charles trumped the tyrant president

Nobody cared what Charles had to say last time he visited America because all eyes were on Princess Di, the Sloane Square Cinderella. This time, he...

03.05.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

All of his assumptions proven wrong, Donald Trump is Iran’s newest hostage

Iran’s hardened, fanatical generals are tormenting Trump, out-trolling the master troller, and viciously mocking the president as a Bibi puppet who...

26.04.2026 60

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

All of his assumptions proven wrong, Donald Trump is Iran’s newest hostage

Iran’s hardened, fanatical generals are tormenting Trump, out-trolling the master troller, and viciously mocking the president as a Bibi puppet who...

26.04.2026 60

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

All of his assumptions proven wrong, Donald Trump is Iran’s newest hostage

Iran’s hardened, fanatical generals are tormenting Trump, out-trolling the master troller, and viciously mocking the president as a Bibi puppet who...

26.04.2026 60

The Age

Maureen Dowd

All of his assumptions proven wrong, Donald Trump is Iran’s newest hostage

Iran’s hardened, fanatical generals are tormenting Trump, out-trolling the master troller, and viciously mocking the president as a Bibi puppet who...

26.04.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Watching Pope Leo school Trump is a blessed sight

Amoral US President Donald Trump has taken on the saintly Pope Leo, the first American to lead the Catholic Church. Trump’s not winning.

19.04.2026 30

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Watching Pope Leo school Trump is a blessed sight

Amoral US President Donald Trump has taken on the saintly Pope Leo, the first American to lead the Catholic Church. Trump’s not winning.

19.04.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Watching Pope Leo school Trump is a blessed sight

Amoral US President Donald Trump has taken on the saintly Pope Leo, the first American to lead the Catholic Church. Trump’s not winning.

19.04.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Watching Pope Leo school Trump is a blessed sight

Amoral US President Donald Trump has taken on the saintly Pope Leo, the first American to lead the Catholic Church. Trump’s not winning.

19.04.2026 30

The Age

Maureen Dowd

A bitter ex, a deleted tweet, and Melania’s strange decision to dump kerosene on the Epstein fire

The first lady felt compelled to clear up the matter of how she and Donald Trump met, saying that she was not introduced to him by child sex...

12.04.2026 70

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

A bitter ex, a deleted tweet, and Melania’s strange decision to dump kerosene on the Epstein fire

The first lady felt compelled to clear up the matter of how she and Donald Trump met, saying that she was not introduced to him by child sex...

12.04.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

A bitter ex, a deleted tweet, and Melania’s strange decision to dump kerosene on the Epstein fire

The first lady felt compelled to clear up the matter of how she and Donald Trump met, saying that she was not introduced to him by child sex...

12.04.2026 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

A bitter ex, a deleted tweet, and Melania’s strange decision to dump kerosene on the Epstein fire

The first lady felt compelled to clear up the matter of how she and Donald Trump met, saying that she was not introduced to him by child sex...

12.04.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Sucking up to Trump will always be a losing battle. Just ask Pam and Kristi

Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem were discarded despite their eagerness to do anything to please Trump, debasing themselves and desecrating their departments...

05.04.2026 30

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Sucking up to Trump will always be a losing battle. Just ask Pam and Kristi

Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem were discarded despite their eagerness to do anything to please Trump, debasing themselves and desecrating their departments...

05.04.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Sucking up to Trump will always be a losing battle. Just ask Pam and Kristi

Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem were discarded despite their eagerness to do anything to please Trump, debasing themselves and desecrating their departments...

05.04.2026 30

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Sucking up to Trump will always be a losing battle. Just ask Pam and Kristi

Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem were discarded despite their eagerness to do anything to please Trump, debasing themselves and desecrating their departments...

05.04.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Why world-class toadies Bondi and Noem were kicked to the curb

The attorney-general and homeland security secretary, “Pam Blondi” and “ICE Barbie” to their critics, learnt the hard way that sycophancy has...

05.04.2026 30

Financial Review

Maureen Dowd

Trump bragged ‘they let you do it’. This frenzy of narcissism is the result

Cadet Bone Spurs has developed a taste for flaunting our unparalleled military, and there’s no one at the Pentagon to curb this new appetite for...

29.03.2026 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Trump bragged ‘they let you do it’. This frenzy of narcissism is the result

Cadet Bone Spurs has developed a taste for flaunting our unparalleled military, and there’s no one at the Pentagon to curb this new appetite for...

29.03.2026 80

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Trump bragged ‘they let you do it’. This frenzy of narcissism is the result

Cadet Bone Spurs has developed a taste for flaunting our unparalleled military, and there’s no one at the Pentagon to curb this new appetite for...

29.03.2026 40

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Trump bragged ‘they let you do it’. This frenzy of narcissism is the result

Cadet Bone Spurs has developed a taste for flaunting our unparalleled military, and there’s no one at the Pentagon to curb this new appetite for...

29.03.2026 30

The Age

Maureen Dowd

A smackdown for the ages at the Oscars after-party, and AI was the spark

A successful playwright chose the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party to accuse OpenAI chief Sam Altman of wilfully allowing his technology to be an agent...

22.03.2026 40

WA Today

Maureen Dowd