The talk of the TIMES Maureen Dowd's pointed writing sheds new light on politicians -- but is it really illuminating?

From: The Boston Globe | Date: April 6, 1995| Author: Mark Jurkowitz, Globe Staff | Copyright information

criticism from time to time.

From the sag in a presidential salute, she divined Bill Clinton's "ambivalence" about the armed forces at his command. She compared George Bush's image to a "hologram that changes depending on the angle from which you look at it." She imagined Jerry Brown as the "cool geek" in his high school and Pat Buchanan as the "class bully."

Since The New York Times sent her to Washington nine years ago, Maureen Dowd -- with an eye for detail and a pen like ...