[On journalists:] We are a noisy, imperfect lot, struggling to scribble what has been called the first draft of history. — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
Journalism, spooked by rumors of its own obsolescence, has stopped believing in itself. Groans of doom alternate with panicked happy talk. — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
I find having a column a very difficult form of journalism. I'm not a natural like Tom Friedman and Anna Quindlen. — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
If there's one thing white men have never had a problem with in this clubby, white marble enclave of Washington, it's getting pulled up… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
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… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
“Who knows? If women all end up with the same face and body, men may gravitate toward the quirky. Then the chicks with the… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
Why can't Google, which likes to see itself as a 'Don't Be Evil' benevolent force in society, just write us a big check for… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
“Materialism has defeated feminism as well. In a sign of the times, Gloria Steinem was on the picket line when the first American DeBeers… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
“Romantic googling can be as dangerous as drunk text messaging. Of course hell hath no fury like a woman who Google-bombs her old flames… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
Paul Ryan, who teamed up with Akin in the House to sponsor harsh anti-abortion bills, may look young and hip and new generation, with… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
Obama invented himself against all odds and repeated parental abandonment, and he worked hard to regiment his emotions. But now that can come across… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
Feminism died in 1998 when Hillary allowed henchlings and Democrats to demonize Monica as an unbalanced stalker, and when Gloria Steinem defended Mr. Clinton… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
President Obama thinks he can use emotion to bring pressure on Congress. But that's not how adults with power respond to things. — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
Now that Hillary [Clinton] has won Pennsylvania, it will take a village to help Obama escape from the suffocating embrace of his rival. Certainly… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
I don't understand men. I don't even understand what I don't understand about men. — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
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