Click here for more political coverage from TIME magazine. Search Help Margaret Carlson was named in 1994 the first woman columnist in TIME's history. She writes primarily about policy and politics and is a regular panelist on CNN's Capital Gang.
Men make war, run the government and maintain sole custody of the remote control.
Martha Mitchell tried to insert herself into Watergate but got stuck with a hypodermic needle and put to bed before we could hear much from her. There are women galore in the current scandal, but not one of them is a figure of power or authority. We are back with prefeminist vixens, villains and victims. Ken Starr's deputies are swaggering cowboys, and the attorneys for the witnesses are all pinstripes and red meat. Even Hillary Clinton, fresh from her Heritage Tour, is more like Lady Bird Johnson than Eleanor Roosevelt.