Jacob Weisberg's Blog, page 247

How Many Prime Numbers Are Less Than 25?

Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Feb. 27, 2025.

The Teacher Called to Say My Son Needed to Be Picked Up. I Could Never Have Guessed the Reason Why.

I don't want to make him feel bad about any of this!

A $300 Million Lawsuit Is Threatening a Storied Activist Group. You Should Be Worried.

The First Amendment rights of all Americans are at stake.

I Thought I Discovered a Game Changer for My Solo Time in Bed. That’s When All the Trouble Began.

I wasn't ready for these consequences.

Incredible: Man With Extraordinarily Famous Father Thinks He Got Role Based on Talent

Aww, Patrick Schwarzenegger thinks he got the White Lotus role because he took acting classes.

How Trump’s Proposed NIH Cuts Expose One of the Worst-Kept Secrets in Academia

When schools suddenly lose a bunch of money, they’ll look for ways to make up the difference.

Nazi-Adjacent DOGE Kids Are Overruling the Secretary of State? Am I Hearing This Right?

This is not how the U.S. government is supposed to work, right? Right?

She Was the First Asian Actor to Be Nominated for an Oscar. Few Knew It at the Time.

History has effectively erased the achievements of Golden Age icon Merle Oberon.

I’m a Scientist Who Has Been Studying “the Dress” for a Decade. There’s a Key Takeaway We All Could Stand to Hear.

We've learned a lot from the viral image.

Who Was the Only Black Member of George H.W. Bush’s Cabinet?

Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Feb. 26, 2025.