Harvard professor Ruth Wisse has a very nice article on the Summers affair in the latest issue of Commentary Magazine. Wisse begins by offering a reading of the controversy that neither side has even bothered to consider. Wisse argues that Summers actually means his apologies sincerely. She might be right. Then Wisse explains how affirmative action really works, painting a realistic picture of a sample faculty search. Wisse’s thoughts at the end on feminism and the true situation of women are penetrating. Not for nothing is she named “wise.”