Michael Weiss

Michael is an editor of Nextbook and a contributing editor of Jewcy. His work has appeared in Slate, Gawker, New York, Democratiya, Reason, The New Criterion, The Weekly Standard, City Journal and Standpoint. His blog is Snarksmith.

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West Bank Story: The Interview

Nicola Behrman conducts a short Q&A with Ari Sandel, the West Bank Story director. More…

Soros on AIPAC

Hey, maybe if the New York Review of Books publishes just one more essay on…

Perry Anderson on Kofi Annan

Lest we forget the knuckle-dragging on Rwanda:  A year later, in January 1994, he received…

A Kibitz on Pure Reason (Day Two)

[Continuing the discussion with Rebecca Goldstein on her book Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who…

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Stole the Lindbergh Baby

Anne Applebaum on why torture, apart from being barbaric, is also ineffective: Here is one…

Tariq Ramadan Executed

Saddam's VP is hanged: “The execution went smoothly without any trouble,” Mr. Ridha said. “His…

A Kibitz on Pure Reason (Day Two)

To: Rebecca Goldstein From: Michael Weiss Subject: All Philosophy is Self-Betrayal Dear Rebecca, So G?del’s…

The Godfather’s Weltschmerz

I leared exactly three things from Sam Tenenhaus' essay on William F. Buckley in The…