Gail Sheehy’s Choice: Gossip Over Research

On the acknowledgments page of Hillary’s Choice , author Gail Sheehy writes, “I am indebted to Betsey Wright for her trust and candor.” Reading that line made me curious to know what the former Clinton aide thinks about Ms. Sheehy’s biography of the First Lady. My curiosity already had been piqued by quotations from her Read More

Gail Sheehy Stays Upbeat in Sad Tale of Hillary Clinton

Aside from at least three books by President Clinton’s former lovers, none of the many volumes on the Clinton scandals has been written by women, and that fact alone makes Gail Sheehy’s new book, Hillary’s Choice (Random House, 416 pages, $24), welcome. The writer spent quality time with Hillary Rodham Clinton in 1992, on assignment Read More

Using the Presidency To Pick Up Chicks?

In these enlightened times, sexual relations between powerful 51-year-old executives of the male persuasion and vulnerable 21-year-old interns of the female gender are regarded, with justification, as a form of sexual harassment. Such relations, we are instructed, cannot be considered simply as the private business of two consenting adults, but must be viewed through the Read More