When someone’s professional reputation is unfairly smeared in public, it can be self-defeating to try to mount a defense. Any attempt to fight back merely spreads the unjust charge farther and wider. No, I’m not talking about former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who stormed national TV talk shows like Tom Cruise...

If millions of people are truly outraged over sexism in politics following the defeat of Sen. Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, it’s obvious what the next target should be: the brazen denigration of another accomplished woman in public life—Michelle Obama.