Time magazine’s long-awaited “Sexiest Woman of the Year” issue is out and DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee managed to edge out Tina Fey in what must have been a tough battle. (Word is that Richard Whitmire was lobbying hard on the outside for Sarah Palin.)
The Flypaper goes back to 1991, when Lamar Alexander was featured on the cover, as the last time an education official was considered remotely attractive. But Alexander never turned out to be the chick magnet he was built up to be. For that, you have to go back to Feb. 1, 1988, when a photographer handed Paterson, NJ principal Joe Clark a baseball bat and an edu-legend was born.
At the very least, this has to have been the last time that a school official was featured on the cover holding a weapon of minor destruction. Broom vs. bat, which will deliver better results?