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04.28.13
IN DEFENSE OF MAUREEN DOWD
RARELY, if ever, have
the opportunity to say
something kind about
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd. In fairness,
this is mostly because I rarely, if
ever, feel compelled to read whatever it is Dowd has written.
Of all the reasons to attempt to
surmount The Times’ paywall, she
I
ranks fairly low, having long lapsed
into schtick. And as an editor of
mine once cautioned, taking the
time to critique Dowd comes at the
cost of doing hundreds of more relevant things. I see his point.
But today, I must give credit
where credit is due. Dowd, perhaps without intending to, may
have managed to do something
wonderful, for America.
See, over the weekend, Dowd
penned a column titled “No Bully
Dowd speaks
during a
taping of
Meet the
Press at the
NBC studios
in 2008.