Maureen Bridgid Dowd (born January 14, 1952) is an American columnist for The New York Times, and a best-selling author. During the 1970s and the early 1980s, Dowd worked for Time magazine and the Washington Star, where she covered news and sports and wrote feature articles.

@realDonaldTrump flames me and cuffs my former researcher @alxthomp on same day. Birth of a new conspiracy theory? https://t.co/t5dm0Owkjw

— Maureen Dowd (@maureendowd) September 17, 2016