Is there a doctor in the house?* Is there a doctor in the house? There is certainly a doctor in our house: Richard Brookhiser Richard Brookhiser, an American journalist, biographer and historian, is a senior editor at National Review and columnist for The New York Observer. He is most widely known for a series of biographies of America's founders, including Alexander Hamilton, Gouverneur , our longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective senior editor and shining scribe scribe (skrīb), Jewish scholar and teacher (called in Hebrew, Soferim) of law as based upon the Old Testament and accumulated traditions. The work of the scribes laid the basis for the Oral Law, as distinct from the Written Law of the Torah. , was awarded an honorary doctorate by Washington College Overview Approximately 1,300 undergraduates and 100 graduate students attend Washington College, 47% from Maryland and the balance from 35 other states and forty foreign nations. , in Chestertown, Md. Rick is, of course, the author of a biography of George Washington-and of books on Hamilton, the Adamses, and other figures as well. The way we see it, he has many more honorary degrees to go. But we ourselves have long honored him, and congratulate Washington College on its judgment and taste. |
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