This column is not expecting the New York Times to celebrate the history being made today at the Central Intelligence Agency, where a woman is in charge for the first time. But that doesn’t mean the paper is completely uninterested in questions of gender. Times coverage of the leadership change at another storied institution suggests editors can think of little else.
The CIA’s new Director, Gina Haspel, spoke this morning at her swearing-in ceremony and noted the proud history of the organization, which began as the Office...