Americans are defined by a history of immigration in pursuit of freedom and opportunity. We are more individualistic, enterprising, and protective of… — Jacob Weisberg Americans Copy Share Image
Northeastern conservatism is moderate, accepts the modern welfare state, and dislikes mixing religion with politics. Western conservatism is hawkish, hates government, and… — Jacob Weisberg Conservatism Copy Share Image
The use of torture on suspected terrorists after Sept. 11 has already earned a place in American history's hall of shame, alongside… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is an archetypal grifter. Using the presidency to promote your golf courses, hotels, and real estate business is grifting. So… — Jacob Weisberg Business Copy Share Image
As with the government failures that made 9/11 possible, neglecting to prevent the crash of '08 was a sin of omission -… — Jacob Weisberg Deregulation Copy Share Image
While 'The Wire' feels startlingly lifelike, it is not, in fact, a naturalistic depiction of ghetto life. That kind of realism better… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
People tend to throw up hands at Michael Jackson's multifarious bizarreness. But is it really so strange? The boy was forced to… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
America's sanctions policy is largely consistent and, in a certain sense, admirable. By applying economic restraints, we label the most oppressive and… — Jacob Weisberg America Copy Share Image
Not applying a religious test for public office means that people of all faiths are allowed to run - not that views… — Jacob Weisberg Creation Copy Share Image
As far apart as they are theologically, Mormons and evangelical Christians may have more in common with each other anthropologically than they… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Where Republicans encourage popular myths about taxes, spending, and climate change, Democrats tend to stoke our fantasies about the sustainability of entitlement… — Jacob Weisberg Change Copy Share Image
Nearly everyone who chooses to work for Donald Trump is disreputable in one way or another; Ali Baba didn't find 40 wise… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Southern conservatives care about government's moral stance but don't mind when it spends freely on behalf of their constituents. Western conservatives, by… — Jacob Weisberg Conservatives Copy Share Image
Libertarianism, the political philosophy of rugged individualism, ought to hold a natural appeal to tolerant, anti-statist, free-trade conservatives who deplore the turn… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
What ultimately makes 'The Wire' uplifting amid the heartbreak it conveys is its embodiment of a spirit that Barack Obama calls 'the… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
You may or may not agree with Obama's policy prescriptions, but they are, by and large, serious attempts to deal with the… — Jacob Weisberg Change Copy Share Image
The tone of good web writing grows out of email. It's more direct, personal, colloquial, urgent, witty, efficient. It doesn't waste your… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
To Trump, being a billionaire means plating everything in gold and slapping his name everywhere in huge block letters. It means that… — Jacob Weisberg Billionaire Copy Share Image
Running a magazine is a journalistic assignment, and part of the fun of being a journalist is that you get to change… — Jacob Weisberg Change Copy Share Image
Where the grifter is shameless, the grafter shrinks from exposure, which could only endanger the racket. He is greedy but not creatively… — Jacob Weisberg Ambitious Copy Share Image
Without medical records that he hasn't released, we can't know whether Gingrich may have inherited his mother's manic depression. Nevertheless, one observes… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Academic Marxists were never going to be convinced that anything that happened in the real world could invalidate their belief system. Utopians… — Jacob Weisberg Belief Copy Share Image
Closely allied to the assumption that Democrats can't win because they're too secular is the view that they can't win if they're… — Jacob Weisberg Democracy Copy Share Image
Of the alternatives we face in controlling long-term spending growth, moving Medicare to a voucher system seems only mildly unfortunate - and… — Jacob Weisberg Crisis Copy Share Image
