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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George Packer’s Must-Read Piece on Iraq

With the possible exceptions of John Burns and Dexter Filkins, there has been no better…

Robert Kaplan on Petraeus

This may come as a shock to some readers but, as Joe Klein long ago…

The Renewal Reader

Around this time of month, more than sixty years ago, W.H. Auden gave voice to…

The New York Times’ Paltry Response to Petraeus

The New York Times' editors reply to Gen. Petraeus's report: The headline out of General…

George Schultz on the “Lobby”

The former secretary of state on the Mearsheimer/Walt thesis: Anyone who thinks that Jewish groups…

The Finkelstein Memos

Look, I'll save my favorite commenters the trouble on this one: How dare I repeat…

Petraeus’ Testimony

I've just read the transcript. My initial reaction is that Gen. Petraeus is by no…

Mary, Mary — Why, Bin Laden?

Does anyone now doubt that Osama bin Laden routinely scans U.S. newspapers and magazines, searching…