Jacob Weisberg

The GOP Has Gone From the Party of No to the Party of F You

Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.23.2011

Mitchell Bard

The Republicans repeatedly say "F you" to everyone in this country except for the elite wealthy and big corporations. The party has moved so far to the right, its core policies are far out of the American mainstream.

George W. Bush -- and Selective Memory

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

Nigel Hamilton

At the heart of former President George W. Bush's jokey new memoirs is the serious matter of war -- in fact two wars, waged on two fronts. Why the pre...

The 15 Craziest Things Sarah Palin's Said So Far

Posted 05.25.2011

The following slide show is excerpted from "Palinisms: The Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Sarah Palin," edited by Jacob Weisberg (Houghton Mifflin Harco...

Israel Boycott Slammed By Jacob Weisberg: 'The Very Idea Is Repellent'

Newsweek | Jacob Weisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

If you follow the news closely enough, you might have caught a small item recently noting that Meg Ryan had canceled a scheduled appearance at a film ...

Jacob Weisberg: Fox News Is Un-American

Newsweek | Posted 10.18.2009

What's most distinctive about the American press is not its freedom but its century-old tradition of independence--that it serves the public interest ...

Scarborough, Stahl, Shrum, Rollins, Rather, And Weisberg Dissect Press Coverage Of 2008 Election

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Monday night The Week magazine hosted a dinner panel on media at New York's Rainbow Room. The panel, moderated by Sir Harry Evans, discussed the medi...

David Plotz Named Slate Editor, Jacob Weisberg To Oversee Newly Formed Slate Group

Slate | Jacob Weisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Running a magazine is a journalistic assignment, and part of the fun of being a journalist is that you get to change jobs every so often. Though there...