M. Dowd Finds Something More Interesting than Haircuts

The Duchess of Dowd prepares to sign a copy of her book. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

Ah, now that Mr. Sulzberger has torn down the wall, the world at last has full access to such New York Times luminaries as Maureen Dowd, Frank Rich, & Thomas "Oh, hell, give it another six months or so, & see what happens" Friedman.Perhaps in response to her new-found liberty, Ms. Dowd has decided to devote a column to something other than Cost Analysis of Presidential Candidate Hair-Cuts. Something worthy of the op-ed page of the self-proclaimed "paper of record." And she quotes Nietszche. Shall we look?

Once there was the military-industrial complex. Now we have the mercenary-evangelical complex.

Mr. Prince, a former intern to the first President Bush and a former Navy Seal, is from a well-to-do and well-connected Republican family from Michigan.

He and his father both have close ties to conservative Christian groups. His sister was a Pioneer for W., raising $100,000 in 2004, and Erik Prince has given more than $225,000 to Republicans.

Blackwater, in turn, has been the beneficiary of $1 billion in federal contracts, including a no-bid contract with the State Department worth hundreds of millions.

Not much there. Not much at all. Indeed, she appears unable to write a paragraph lengthier than two sentences. Really, this was an excuse for us to run the picture of Ms. Dowd at the Top of the Sixes or wherever she is, & to link to Doghouse Riley's MoDo Glossary. Enjoy!