Jacob Weisberg's Blog, page 92

From Beatles to Biggie, Carly to Kendrick, Diss Records Are a Pop Fixture

They weren’t always called diss tracks, but pop stars have been trading insults since Tin Pan Alley.

My Crush Humiliated Me in Front of my Friends. So I Took Revenge People Still Talk About Today.

The moment I told him what I was going to do, I was like, “Why did I say that?”

The GOP Just Did Something That’s Going to Hit Its Voters the Hardest

Congress is gutting the last free information source for many rural Americans. The reason why is ridiculous.

Trump Can’t Get People to Stop Talking About Epstein

The DOJ insists “there’s nothing to see here,” but the conspiracists are not satisfied.

Across the Country, Future Grad Students Are Scrambling

In the coming years, the BBB will seriously affect law, medicine, and academia. The seeds of the change are planted already.

Netflix’s New Murder Mystery Might Give You a Heart Attack

Untamed stars Eric Bana solving a murder in Yosemite. It hits just right.

My Kid’s Starting Middle School. What Do I Need to Know?

Plus: What happens when grown-up stress crashes into kid-sized joy.

A Former ICE Official Is Worried That the Agency Is About to Go on a Hiring Spree of Proud Boys

“What self-respecting person who wants a meaningful career in law enforcement would go to work" at ICE "right now, knowing the way [it] comports itself?"

The Most Egregious Emmys Snub of the Year Reflects a Disturbing Trend in TV Awards

The White Lotus can go to hell.

Help! I Was Just Allowed to See My Little Nephew for the First Time in Years. I’m Very Concerned.

Prudie says: “I just want to make sure you go into the situation prepared for the fact that it’s going to involve serious turmoil.”