Jacob Weisberg's Blog, page 2319

Pete Buttigieg Is Polling at 0 Percent in the Democratic Primary. He May Have Just Found a Way to Move the Needle.

The South Bend mayor says he's considering moves as bold as packing the Supreme Court and abolishing the Electoral College.

White History Month Is a Horrible Idea, but America Does Need an Education in Whiteness

W.E.B. Du Bois and James Baldwin provide the critical texts.

How Hollywood Uses Warhol to Make Its Characters Larger Than Life

When production designers want to signify ego and wealth, there’s one artist they channel.

That Amy Klobuchar Story Raises the Question: How Exactly Do You Eat a Salad With a Comb?

Turns out, it takes some finessing.

Democrats Are Forcing Vulnerable Republicans to Take Their First Tough Vote of the 2020 Campaign

GOP members now have to decide whether to support Trump's national emergency.

Microsoft Workers Say the Company Is War Profiteering, and They’ve Timed Their Protest to Hurt

A group of employees released a letter protesting the company's AR contract with the Pentagon on the eve of a major product reveal.

When Is Technology Too Dangerous to Release to the Public?

If recent history is any indication, trying to suppress or control the proliferation of A.I. tools may be a losing battle.

The Best Jokes About This Year’s Oscar Nominees, in a New Honest Trailer

Screen Junkies poke well-deserved fun at Bohemian Rhapsody, Vice, and more.

Trump Revises Total Syria Withdrawal Plan, Will Keep 200 U.S. Peacekeeping Forces

Facing the prospect of a power vacuum that would leave Kurdish forces isolated, Trump relented to pressure to keep a small U.S. military presence.

A Show, but a Riddle Too

The show’s structure makes it watchable in any order.