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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Galbraith on the Surge

I'd been waiting for his critique, which is probably worth more than all the rest…

Wheaty’s Breakfast of War Champions

Now here's an interesting, if occluded, omission coming from a Tory intellectual of such eminence…

Spiel Time With Bill Maher

Isaac Chotiner at TNR's The Plank gets it exactly right: The most telling/pathetic moment on…

More Surge Impressions

The bulk of the escalated troops hasn't arrived in country yet, but the new counterinsurgency…

Clio’s Clerk

"It is silly to seek a basic law, even sillier to find it. Some mean-spirited…

Brainwashing’s Nemesis

“I’m ready to disbelieve you” would be a good motto for the Egon of Cult…

New at Jewcy: iSpy with Rick Ross, Cult Buster Extraordinaire

The following is an excerpt from our just-published iSpy with Rick Ross. Click here to…

The Last of the Hollow Men

The things that men count for happiness, seeking The good deeds that lead to obscurity,…