No. 95 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
New York Times columnist
Maureen Dowd is a New York Times columnist who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1999.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Maureen Dowd's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Won the 2013 Munk Debate arguing that men are obsolete.
Dowd joined The New York Times in 1983 and became an op-ed columnist in 1995.
Her columns cover politics, Hollywood and gender.
On the record
2013
November 15, 2013
Formal debateWon the audience vote
Against Caitlin Moran and Camille Paglia · Munk Debates, Toronto
Maureen Dowd argued for the motion with Hanna Rosin. The pro side won the audience vote, swinging 28 percent.
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