"The thing that kills me about education is that it's so touchy-feely...if the children don't know how to read, I don't care how creative you are. You're not doing your job". Michelle Rhee is polarizing, inexperienced, abrasive, and young - and with urban school systems all over the country watching, she is trying to rebuild DC's famously troubled public school system (link to full series). [more inside]
posted by peachfuzz on Dec 1, 2008 - 107 comments

The fashion world scrambles to stay ahead. Michelle Obama emerges as an American fashion icon. She may appear in Vogue. Can she recover from her election night fashion faux pas? This is history in the making.
posted by twoleftfeet on Nov 16, 2008 - 81 comments

Crouching Sapphire, Hidden Bastard
Are Michelle and Don the new Michelle Yeoh and and Chow Yuen Fat? Answers on a postcard.... ;-)
posted by tomcosgrave on Jan 23, 2001 - 10 comments