When Style Isn’t Enough: Maureen Dowd’s Beautiful Failure
The Times columnist knows the English language well. But her latest work lacks substance.
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10 min readJul 17, 2019
“Scaling Wokeback Mountain,” the latest column from New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, is a pithy but harrowing piece of American literature. Sure, the title is a bit trite, but in terms of storytelling, the piece…
