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Peace in Trump’s time? Maybe, just not in America

Peace in Trump’s time? Maybe, just not in America

While Trump frees hostages in Gaza, he seizes some at home, oblivious to the paradox of enforcing peace abroad while inflaming violence in the US.

wednesday 10

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Peace in Trump’s time? Maybe, just not in America

Peace in Trump’s time? Maybe, just not in America

While Trump frees hostages in Gaza, he seizes some at home, oblivious to the paradox of enforcing peace abroad while inflaming violence in the US.

wednesday 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Peace in Trump’s time? Maybe, just not in America

Peace in Trump’s time? Maybe, just not in America

While Trump frees hostages in Gaza, he seizes some at home, oblivious to the paradox of enforcing peace abroad while inflaming violence in the US.

wednesday 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Peace in Trump’s time? Maybe, just not in America

Peace in Trump’s time? Maybe, just not in America

While Trump frees hostages in Gaza, he seizes some at home, oblivious to the paradox of enforcing peace abroad while inflaming violence in the US.

wednesday 10

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Meet Tilly Norwood, the new sensation dividing Hollywood

Meet Tilly Norwood, the new sensation dividing Hollywood

Norwood is a fresh-faced young British brunette actor who is attracting global attention. She’s AI, and real actors are terrified.

05.10.2025 7

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Meet Tilly Norwood, the new sensation dividing Hollywood

Meet Tilly Norwood, the new sensation dividing Hollywood

Norwood is a fresh-faced young British brunette actor who is attracting global attention. She’s AI, and real actors are terrified.

05.10.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Meet Tilly Norwood, the new sensation dividing Hollywood

Meet Tilly Norwood, the new sensation dividing Hollywood

Norwood is a fresh-faced young British brunette actor who is attracting global attention. She’s AI, and real actors are terrified.

05.10.2025 8

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Meet Tilly Norwood, the new sensation dividing Hollywood

Meet Tilly Norwood, the new sensation dividing Hollywood

Norwood is a fresh-faced young British brunette actor who is attracting global attention. She’s AI, and real actors are terrified.

05.10.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

More than creepy, Elon Musk’s AI girlfriends mark the beginning of the end

More than creepy, Elon Musk’s AI girlfriends mark the beginning of the end

Why risk an awkward dinner with a human woman when you can have a compliant, seductive, gorgeous companion bot from the security of your bed?

28.09.2025 5

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

More than creepy, Elon Musk’s AI girlfriends mark the beginning of the end

More than creepy, Elon Musk’s AI girlfriends mark the beginning of the end

Why risk an awkward dinner with a human woman when you can have a compliant, seductive, gorgeous companion bot from the security of your bed?

28.09.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

More than creepy, Elon Musk’s AI girlfriends mark the beginning of the end

More than creepy, Elon Musk’s AI girlfriends mark the beginning of the end

Why risk an awkward dinner with a human woman when you can have a compliant, seductive, gorgeous companion bot from the security of your bed?

28.09.2025 7

The Age

Maureen Dowd

More than creepy, Elon Musk’s AI girlfriends mark the beginning of the end

More than creepy, Elon Musk’s AI girlfriends mark the beginning of the end

Why risk an awkward dinner with a human woman when you can have a compliant, seductive, gorgeous companion bot from the security of your bed?

28.09.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Bad Romance: Women are becoming more like men, but men are not becoming more like women

Social media and media are bristling with women – and sometimes men – expressing resentment, irritation, frustration and exhaustion about the...

07.09.2025 6

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Bad Romance: Women are becoming more like men, but men are not becoming more like women

Social media and media are bristling with women – and sometimes men – expressing resentment, irritation, frustration and exhaustion about the...

07.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Bad Romance: Women are becoming more like men, but men are not becoming more like women

Social media and media are bristling with women – and sometimes men – expressing resentment, irritation, frustration and exhaustion about the...

07.09.2025 5

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Bad Romance: Women are becoming more like men, but men are not becoming more like women

Social media and media are bristling with women – and sometimes men – expressing resentment, irritation, frustration and exhaustion about the...

07.09.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

To keep MAHA happy, Trump must do the impossible: keep quiet

On vaccines, the president has a right to be proud. But the Make America Healthy Again movement, and its ringleader RFK Jr., don’t want to hear it.

31.08.2025 10

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

To keep MAHA happy, Trump must do the impossible: keep quiet

On vaccines, the president has a right to be proud. But the Make America Healthy Again movement, and its ringleader RFK Jr., don’t want to hear it.

31.08.2025 60

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

To keep MAHA happy, Trump must do the impossible: keep quiet

On vaccines, the president has a right to be proud. But the Make America Healthy Again movement, and its ringleader RFK Jr., don’t want to hear it.

31.08.2025 8

The Age

Maureen Dowd

To keep MAHA happy, Trump must do the impossible: keep quiet

On vaccines, the president has a right to be proud. But the Make America Healthy Again movement, and its ringleader RFK Jr., don’t want to hear it.

31.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Trump says he’s worried about getting into heaven. He should be

Trump’s newest painting of himself is a perfect metaphor for the president who sets fires and leaves destruction in his wake.

25.08.2025 2

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Trump says he’s worried about getting into heaven. He should be

Trump’s newest painting of himself is a perfect metaphor for the president who sets fires and leaves destruction in his wake.

25.08.2025 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Trump says he’s worried about getting into heaven. He should be

Trump’s newest painting of himself is a perfect metaphor for the president who sets fires and leaves destruction in his wake.

25.08.2025 5

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Trump says he’s worried about getting into heaven. He should be

Trump’s newest painting of himself is a perfect metaphor for the president who sets fires and leaves destruction in his wake.

25.08.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

The Democrats can’t allow Trump to be a saviour on crime in Washington

Just because the US president is painting Washington as a crime-ridden hellscape does not mean we don’t have a problem in D.C.

18.08.2025 10

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

The Democrats can’t allow Trump to be a saviour on crime in Washington

Just because the US president is painting Washington as a crime-ridden hellscape does not mean we don’t have a problem in D.C.

18.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

The Democrats can’t allow Trump to be a saviour on crime in Washington

Just because the US president is painting Washington as a crime-ridden hellscape does not mean we don’t have a problem in D.C.

18.08.2025 6

The Age

Maureen Dowd

The Democrats can’t allow Trump to be a saviour on crime in Washington

Just because the US president is painting Washington as a crime-ridden hellscape does not mean we don’t have a problem in D.C.

18.08.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Trump is turning the people’s house into a ‘dictator-chic’ Saudi palace

Donald Trump is obsessively terraforming the White House to be an extension of his attention-crazed id.

10.08.2025 10

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Trump is turning the people’s house into a ‘dictator-chic’ Saudi palace

Donald Trump is obsessively terraforming the White House to be an extension of his attention-crazed id.

10.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Trump is turning the people’s house into a ‘dictator-chic’ Saudi palace

Donald Trump is obsessively terraforming the White House to be an extension of his attention-crazed id.

10.08.2025 10

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Trump is turning the people’s house into a ‘dictator-chic’ Saudi palace

Donald Trump is obsessively terraforming the White House to be an extension of his attention-crazed id.

10.08.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

How men can reject Trump’s crude masculinity and rediscover their richer selves

An obsession with money and wealth has apparently taught men they should only read nonfiction if they want tips on how to crush their rivals.

03.08.2025 10

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

How men can reject Trump’s crude masculinity and rediscover their richer selves

An obsession with money and wealth has apparently taught men they should only read nonfiction if they want tips on how to crush their rivals.

03.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

How men can reject Trump’s crude masculinity and rediscover their richer selves

An obsession with money and wealth has apparently taught men they should only read nonfiction if they want tips on how to crush their rivals.

03.08.2025 10

The Age

Maureen Dowd

How men can reject Trump’s crude masculinity and rediscover their richer selves

An obsession with money and wealth has apparently taught men they should only read nonfiction if they want tips on how to crush their rivals.

03.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Media and tech firms are bending the knee to Trump. Only satirists say how small he is

Who can believe the story presented by CBS about the axing of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show? Thank goodness Rupert is hanging tough.

27.07.2025 8

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Media and tech firms are bending the knee to Trump. Only satirists say how small he is

Who can believe the story presented by CBS about the axing of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show? Thank goodness Rupert is hanging tough.

27.07.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Media and tech firms are bending the knee to Trump. Only satirists say how small he is

Who can believe the story presented by CBS about the axing of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show? Thank goodness Rupert is hanging tough.

27.07.2025 10

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Media and tech firms are bending the knee to Trump. Only satirists say how small he is

Who can believe the story presented by CBS about the axing of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show? Thank goodness Rupert is hanging tough.

27.07.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Trump promised to bring down the deep state. To MAGA loyalists, he’s joined it

The president has trafficked in conspiracy theories for years. Now that dark whirlpool has sucked him down, and he can no longer control the Epstein...

20.07.2025 8

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Trump promised to bring down the deep state. To MAGA loyalists, he’s joined it

The president has trafficked in conspiracy theories for years. Now that dark whirlpool has sucked him down, and he can no longer control the Epstein...

20.07.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Trump promised to bring down the deep state. To MAGA loyalists, he’s joined it

The president has trafficked in conspiracy theories for years. Now that dark whirlpool has sucked him down, and he can no longer control the Epstein...

20.07.2025 8

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Trump promised to bring down the deep state. To MAGA loyalists, he’s joined it

The president has trafficked in conspiracy theories for years. Now that dark whirlpool has sucked him down, and he can no longer control the Epstein...

20.07.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Why Donald Trump’s good-looking cabinet can’t stop making him look bad

In prioritising TV aesthetics and uber-fealty, the president has surrounded himself with a group of incompetents who refuse to speak truth to power.

13.07.2025 10

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Why Donald Trump’s good-looking cabinet can’t stop making him look bad

In prioritising TV aesthetics and uber-fealty, the president has surrounded himself with a group of incompetents who refuse to speak truth to power.

13.07.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Why Donald Trump’s good-looking cabinet can’t stop making him look bad

In prioritising TV aesthetics and uber-fealty, the president has surrounded himself with a group of incompetents who refuse to speak truth to power.

13.07.2025 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Why Donald Trump’s good-looking cabinet can’t stop making him look bad

In prioritising TV aesthetics and uber-fealty, the president has surrounded himself with a group of incompetents who refuse to speak truth to power.

13.07.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

My close encounter with our founding fathers exposed Trump, our foundering father

On Independence Day, we took an enlightening tour. And it shone a light on Trump’s America, whose people are at one another’s throats – a world...

06.07.2025 8

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

My close encounter with our founding fathers exposed Trump, our foundering father

On Independence Day, we took an enlightening tour. And it shone a light on Trump’s America, whose people are at one another’s throats – a world...

06.07.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd