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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Why Herodotus Matters

During the cold war, one of the common mistakes foreign policy wonks and Sovietologists made…

The Big C

Now here's the kind of talk we blues staters don't like to hear from Chappaqua…

Chavismo = Trotskyism?

On the agenda for the Venezuelan president's new term: allow him to rule by decree…

Janeane Returns to Stand-Up

After correctly predicting that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, Janeane Garofalo has…

California Pays the Price for Barbara Boxer

Watching CNN in the wake of the president speech's Wednesday night destroyed whatever foolish hope…

CommentsWatch: Jacob’s Laundry

Meryl posted a YouTube of an Answers.com employee named Jacob who went to Israel (via…

Amis Does the Gulag

May Day come early: “House of Meetings” is a powerful, unrelenting and deeply affecting performance:…

ForumWatch: Should Israel Take Out Iran’s Nuke Plants?

User Dan Freeman posts in our "Should Israel Take Out Iran's Nuke Plants?" forum (nicely…