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Maureen Dowd

The “identity politics” crowd loses Maureen Dowd

John Fea   |  November 9, 2024

Here is a taste of Dowd’s New York Times column today: Some Democrats are finally waking up and realizing that woke is broke. Donald Trump won a majority of white women and remarkable numbers of Black and Latino voters and […]

“Strangely enough, the humanities are faltering just at the moment when we’ve never needed them more.”

John Fea   |  June 2, 2023

Apparently New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd just got an M.A. in English Literature from Columbia University. Here is a taste of her piece “Don’t Kill ‘Frankenstein’ With Real Frankensteins at Large“: And who is a better guide to covering […]

Episode 51: “The Politics of Tinky Winky”

John Fea   |  January 27, 2023

As animated programs for kids and adults become more inclusive, conservative evangelicals fight back. Episode 51: “’The Politics of Tinky Winky;’’ dropped today. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above have access to new episodes of this narrative history podcast. Here is […]