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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The Last Circle

However much a farcical shade of his former self Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn has become, there is…

The Scary-Sounding Name of the Day Is: “Fatah al Islam”

Shakir al-Abssi, a Palestinian, is the new face of global Islamic terror. A shame he's…

Property Rights in China

Today China passed it first law establishing property rights, an act free marketeers are hailing…

Kamm on Cohen

I conversed a little with Alan Johnson, the editor of Democratiya, when I was compiling…

To Do: Shostakovich Documentary

Now playing at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater, 155 East Third Street, at Avenue A,…

Eternal Sunshine of the Rodential Mind

Scientists say they can now erase single memories from rats, who probably could do with…

Hiccups of Humanity

In Judith Thurman's New Yorker essay (dig the new website!) on the life and legacy…

L’affaire Küntzel

Matthias Küntzel, a German academic who specializes in Islamic fundamentalism, has had his forthcoming talk…