Maureen Dowd has written for "Time," "GQ," "Harper's Bazaar," "Mademoiselle," "Cosmopolitan," "Good Housekeeping," "Ladies' Home Journal," "Sports Illustrated," "The New Republic" and "Redbook," among many other publications. She became a "New York Times" Op-Ed columnist in 1995, having written about the White House and its occupants since the Reagan era. Previously, she wrote the "On Washington" column for "The New York Times Magazine," Dowd joined "The New York Times" as a metropolitan reporter in 1983. She began her career in 1974 as an editorial assistant for "The Washington Star," Wh...