America used to face down autocrats. Then Trump came along

America used to face down autocrats. Then Trump came along

Rather than standing up to autocracy,Donald Trump’s craven Republicans seem entranced by it.

  • byMaureen Dowd

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America’s hell:A tyrannical Trump who can’t be conquered

America’s hell:A tyrannical Trump who can’t be conquered

Bleeding young and non-white voters,Joe Biden finally heeded Democrats urging him to “get out there” and throw some campaign haymakers at Donald Trump.

  • byMaureen Dowd
AI,profit and power:Is Sam Altman sugarcoating the apocalypse?
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AI

AI,profit and power:Is Sam Altman sugarcoating the apocalypse?

OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman,38,has assumed the role of the upbeat face of AI’s future. But is that what the world needs right now?

  • byMaureen Dowd
How Trump could campaign for the White House from the big house

How Trump could campaign for the White House from the big house

The indictment of Donald Trump is based on information from his own lawyers and staffers,not some Trump hater.

  • byMaureen Dowd
Glory days of the great American newsroom may be gone,if we don’t get back to work
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Publishing

Glory days of the great American newsroom may be gone,if we don’t get back to work

The ability to work remotely is as important to journalists as it is to everyone else,but I worry that the romance and the magic of the newsroom is being lost.

  • byMaureen Dowd
A haunted America:US politics is too creepy,horror is too real

A haunted America:US politics is too creepy,horror is too real

The attack on the 82-year-old husband of Nancy Pelosi is just the latest atrocity in a divided nation overrun by bad spirits.

  • byMaureen Dowd
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As Ireland grows less benighted,America turns cruel for women
Opinion
Abortion

As Ireland grows less benighted,America turns cruel for women

Ireland has leaped into modernity,rejecting religious reactionaries’ insistence on controlling women’s bodies. America,meanwhile,has gone in the opposite direction.

  • byMaureen Dowd
The radical reign of Clarence Thomas
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Abortion

The radical reign of Clarence Thomas

Over the past three decades,I have witnessed a dismal saga of opportunism,fanaticism,mendacity,concupiscence,hypocrisy and cowardice.

  • byMaureen Dowd
America’s monster:Capitol riot hearings reveal Trump’s malevolence

America’s monster:Capitol riot hearings reveal Trump’s malevolence

In his dystopian inaugural speech,President Donald Trump promised to end ‘American carnage’. Instead,he delivered it. Now he needs to be held accountable.

  • byMaureen Dowd