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Are men afraid of smart, successful women? Why did feminism fizzle? Why are so many of today's women freezing their faces and emotions in an orgy of plasticity? Is "having it all" just a cruel hoax? In this witty and wide-ranging book, Maureen Dowd looks at the state of the sexual union, raising...

In the wake of the George Floyd murder and calls for defunding the police, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd reflects on our changing points of view on law enforcement through a personal prism - the life and times of her father. For four decades, Detective Sergeant Michael J. Dowd served on the Washington, DC, police force, guarding presidents and catching killers. Meanwhile, his daughter grew up as a child of the 1960s, embracing liberal politics and evolving into a journalist some presidents might have thought they needed to be guarded from.

"Dinklage and Dragons: Will Tyrion Win The "Game of Thrones"?" is from the April 09, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Maureen Dowd and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Girl Talk at Trump Tower" is from the October 01, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Maureen Dowd and narrated by Paul Ryden.

"Trump Does It His Way" is from the April 02, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Maureen Dowd and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Will Trump Be Dumped?" is from March 19, 2016, Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Maureen Dowd and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

From Washington to Kennebunkport to Texas to old Europe and new Europe, during the past two decades Maureen Dowd has trained her binoculars on the Bush dynasty, putting them, as both 41 and 43 have complained to her, "on the couch." Here she wittily dissects the Oedipal loop-de-loop between...

Maureen Dowd's incendiary takes and takedowns from 2016--the most bizarre, disruptive and divisive Presidential race in modern history. Trapped between two candidates with the highest recorded unfavorables, Americans are plunged into The Year of Voting Dangerously. In this perilous and shocking...

“Juicy. . . . Dowd has a knack for asking questions that go right up to the edge of intrusion but instead yield thoughtful, intimate insights.”—Los Angeles Times “A pleasure. . . . Throughout, her experienced journalist’s knack for colorful quotes moves her subjects beyond their...