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 “Myth” or the Routing of Al Qaeda in Iraq?

Andrew Tilghman of the Washington Monthly has a well-argued piece that suggests the role and…

On the Armenian Genocide Resolution, TNR Gets It Right

These are days of woe for the New Republic, so let me be the first…

Lefty Faction Fights in Britain – Why Can’t We Have ‘Em Here?

I'll try to simplify as much as I can: A few years ago, the remaining…

Hugo Chavez v. Venezuela

Thousands of Venezuelan students took to the streets to protest Hugo Chavez's attempt to alter…

Variety: New Redford Flick Sucks

The subtext is we should have stayed out of Afghanistan, too.  In addressing the issue…

Obama, Osama? We Report, You Decide

Izzy tells me an episode of 30 Rock already had oodles of fun with this,…

Jim Fallows on the Armenian Genocide Resolution

Needless to say, he thinks it was a bad idea: Why not go all the…

The Born-Again Enlightenment

As someone who's a great admirer of Ibn Warraq's scholarship on Islam — though he…