Men Behaving Badly Again
As U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner joins the pantheon of powerful public figures making fools of themselves, we have to ask an obvious but discomfitting question: Why are they all men? Why does Time magazine’s list of the Top 10 Political Sex Scandals have nary a woman on it?
There are plenty of foolish women in public life (see: Palin, Sarah), but none seem to have the toxic mix of hubris, hormones and recklessness that propells such dumb sexualized behavior. Will that change when, or if, women obtain their rightful place as half of the nation’s leaders? Is this driven by gender, or enabled by the circumstances of power? Is this where equality ends, or where it begins?
Why I became the Forward’s editor-in-chief
You are surely a friend of the Forward if you’re reading this. And so it’s with excitement and awe — of all that the Forward is, was, and will be — that I introduce myself to you as the Forward’s newest editor-in-chief.
And what a time to step into the leadership of this storied Jewish institution! For 129 years, the Forward has shaped and told the American Jewish story. I’m stepping in at an intense time for Jews the world over. We urgently need the Forward’s courageous, unflinching journalism — not only as a source of reliable information, but to provide inspiration, healing and hope.
, editor-in-chiefSupport our mission to tell the Jewish story fully and fairly.
