Jacob Weisberg's Blog, page 2157

The Angle: Trump Is Ignoring a Serious International Crisis

South Korea and Japan are both U.S. allies. Their fight isn’t good for us.

Europe’s Response to the Amazon Fires Shows How to Get Tough on Climate Change Outlaws

Could economic sanctions and tariffs soon be used to fight climate change?

Why Don’t Summer Camps Have Scary Stories Anymore?

The Mud Lake Monster in exile.  

Gamergate Never Died

The harassment campaign foreshadowed our toxic, meme-strewn politics—but it has also persisted in its original form.

Jia Tolentino Is Not Here to Tell You That Everything Is Going to Be OK

Hailed as a voice of her generation, Tolentino explores the contradictions of modern-day life.

The XFL’s Team Introductions Are the Most Affecting Poetry Ever Written

It’s like William Carlos Williams writing a Dodge Ram ad.

Are Rank-and-File Republicans Working Against Their Own Interests?

For Republican leaders, the first order of business is always money.

Senator Jeff Merkley Was the First to Visit the Detained Migrant Families

Then he wrote the book on it.

It’s Time to Acknowledge the History and Legacy of Slavery

Some conservatives really do not want anyone to talk about that.

My Cat Started Biting and Clawing Me After My Husband Died

How can I make him stop acting out?