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After reading the post-Katrina rantings of Paul Krugman, Frank Rich, Maureen Dowd, and Bob Herbert—which were so strained and predictable that one wonders whether they were largely pre-written with the only name of the affected city and a few specific details left blank—it struck me that these were the sort of opinions one might expect to encounter during a famine in 19th century Russia: sincere belief that not only is one man personally responsible for an act of nature but also that, somehow, he alone could have made everything work...
...Army $796 for a four-flight airline ticket that he got free through a frequent-flyer program. Duncan, who has sued the Army for violating his privacy by trying to obtain his American Express Card records, denied any wrongdoing. "He's not a Rambo," said his lawyer, John Dowd. "He's a quiet, intelligent...
Secluding himself in his Queens home, Manes was available only to his family, his lawyers and doctors. But his reticence did not stop others from talking. Michael Dowd, part owner of a parking-ticket collection company, told prosecutors that, on instructions from Manes, he had paid bribes of $36,000 to Lindenauer...
Times columnist Maureen Dowd excoriated Summers in four separate columns between January and March, at one point comparing him to steroid-popping slugger Jose Canseco. “The ‘different socialization’ Dr. Summers talks about may be getting worse, thanks to goofballs like him,” Dowd wrote in that column. “How did he get to be head of Harvard anyway...
...trouble last year, Laura showed up in her husband's TV ads, first as a quick, cutaway picture on his desk and then with speaking roles, as aides realized how her power registered with focus groups. "She's obviously the most popular figure in politics today," says Matthew Dowd, Bush's campaign pollster. "It's clear a lot of people who don't like the President like her. She adds to the President's humanity...