Jacob Weisberg's Blog, page 5

Conservative Justice Uses Fake Quote to Justify Wisconsin Republican Gerrymander

It is not clear how Ziegler’s misquotation wound up in the published opinion of a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice.

I Know People Tend to Lose Their Virginity in a Tamer Way. But I Have a Wild Idea.

I know it’s a big jump.

My 8-Year-Old Keeps Playing the Same Mean Prank on His Little Brother. I Can’t Get Him to Stop.

It's not funny!

Our Toddler Has Really Taken to Potty Training. Unfortunately, He’s Also Picked Up Another More Unwelcome Habit.

This is not appropriate dinner conversation.

Slate Pears Game 102: Nov. 26, 2025

Today's puzzle has 12 pears.

I’ve Started Secretly Checking My Wife’s Bedside Drawer. She’s Keeping Something Big From Me.

I feel cheated.

It Kills Thousands of People Every Year. You Probably Did It This Morning.

“I’ll sleep when I’m dead” has a whole new meaning.

A Beloved Sitcom Actor Went Conservative. Her Memoir Tries to Explain Why.

Her new memoir, Unscripted, is an interesting and often frustrating look into the actress’s life, work, and relationship with RFK Jr.

The Most Humiliating Failure of the New Trump Administration Has Come to a Sad, Fitting Close

It failed at every one of its stated goals while still managing to do tremendous damage to millions of people.

The GOP Planned Its Midterm Strategy Around Mamdani. Then He Met With Trump.

Prior to Trump’s meeting, Republicans had actually strategized around making Mamdani—and his Muslim background—a serious political target going forward.