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Martin H. Peretz, lecturer in Social Studies, likes his students so much that he hired two of them. They both work for him at The New Republic, a left-of-center "weekly opinion journal" where Peretz serves as editor-in-chief...
...talented they were when they were young and unseasoned," Peretz says. "It's especially pleasant to work with them now that they are not simply talented, but brilliant and seasoned...
...Peretz lives in Cambridge and commutes to Washington to oversee his responsibilities at the magazine. He also teaches a junior tutorial and advises senior theses...
...move is a sentimental journey for Kinsley. A Rhodes scholar, he was a student at Harvard Law School in 1976 when New Republic Owner Martin Peretz named him managing editor. Among Kinsley's duties was editing TRB. He gave up editing in 1981 because he "preferred writing," but within six months he took the Harper's post "because it looked like a great job." Says Peretz: "Michael believes in institutions, and TRB is an institution...
...Peretz originally made Kinsley the managing editor of The New Republic in 1976, during the writer's third year at Harvard Law School...