Talk about fortuitous timing. I was on my way to see Amal and George Clooney at Columbia Law School last week when this New York Times article popped into my in-box: “Pretty Can Hurt Women's Careers.”

In case you didn't know, Amal is not merely “pretty” but gorgeous. And, in person, I thought she was downright goddess-like. (George is OK, though not a Greek god.)

She's also a highly respected human rights lawyer. She's advocated on behalf of leaders who've lost power (including former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed) as well as those who've suffered in anonymity (such as the plight of the 6,700 Yazidi women held captive by the Islamic State and jailed journalists in places like Myanmar and Egypt).