The XX Factor : Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State

Bill Clinton Has Finally Figured Out First Dudeship

Dayo Olopade — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:51:00 GMT

Alongside all the finger pointing about bank failures and the collapse of the US housing bubble has come the slow puncturing of the legend of consequence-free 1990s economic growth. Peter Baker's fantastic New York Times Magazine piece takes a good, hard...(read more)

Goodbye, Bill, and Hello, Sailor

Melinda Henneberger — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:55:00 GMT

Well, I never wanted the Clintons to divorce on our account and don't think they ever will split up, either — for one thing because she would get all of the art and all of the friends while he would get the "art'' and be stuck with the "friends.'' (B:...(read more)

Or, Maybe Obama Knows Exactly What He's Doing...

Melinda Henneberger — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:27:00 GMT

So as I'm reading how Bill Clinton is making himself all kinds of amenable so that Hillary can say yes to running the State Department, it at long last occurs to me that Obama's job offer to her might not be the total madness I took it for: See here in...(read more)

Whose Foreign Policy? That's the Question

Melinda Henneberger — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:00:00 GMT

At this point, I think we are arguing just to keep our skills up, because Hillary as Madame Secretary seems to be a done deal. But, my mother always said I would rather argue than eat, so: Whoa, Hanna , how is it that "in every way it is petty to want...(read more)