The XX Factor : Obamas move to the White House

The Obamas on 60 Minutes

Melinda Henneberger — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:32:00 GMT

Yes, it is embarrassing, but I am going to say it, anyway: How glorious to have a president I can not only stand to see on television , but would have watched over Desperate Housewives , had it come to that. I kept trying to think of the last time such...(read more)

Hillary for Secretary of State?

Melinda Henneberger — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:05:00 GMT

No doubt Hillary Clinton could fill Condi's high-heel boots and still have time left over to advise Michelle on what not to do as first lady. (Remember when Rice took the job almost four years ago and described her mission as building on the foreign policy...(read more)

Michelle Still Has Feminist Cred

Emily Bazelon — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:09:00 GMT

I am trying to decide why I don't share the distress that Rebecca Traister expresses on Salon in her thought-provoking essay about the "momification" of Michelle Obama. Traister criticizes the press for covering not her departure from her former job at...(read more)