Ruth Was Right

To encounter Ruth Wisse is to learn from her, and I was blessed to be her student for the first time a decade ago. She, an eminent scholar of literature at Harvard, spent a weekend with us, a group of Jewish students in the Tikvah Fund’s then-nascent Collegiate Summer Honors program, doing what comes most naturally to her: teaching. She did so in her inimitable way. One of my friends described it precisely, remarking that Wisse was three-quarters Harvard professor, raising novel interpretations of the texts before us with erudition and articulateness, and one-quarter your bubbe at the Shabbat table speaking plain truths about the world. That persona made her all the more endearing and perhaps even more effective; from among her students that weekend I now count multiple brilliant young litigators, several professors and teachers, and a prolific member of the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board. The post Ruth Was Right appeared first on .

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Could you lose your right to vote if you bet on an election?

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Former MSNBC Analyst Admits Republicans Were Right About This Regarding Our Elections

GOP Rep Says Troy Jackson May Not Qualify for Maine Senate Nomination

Maine state Rep. James White (R-Guilford) said Friday that Troy Jackson may not be legally eligible to become the Democrat replacement nominee for U.S. Senate, arguing the former gubernatorial candidate cannot use a party vacancy process to reach the ballot after losing a different statewide race in June. The post GOP Rep Says Troy Jackson May Not Qualify for Maine Senate Nomination appeared first on Breitbart.