Jacob Weisberg (born 1964) is an American political journalist and commentator, currently serving as editor of Slate magazine. He is the son of Lois Weisberg, a Chicago social activist and connector celebrated in Malcolm Gladwell's book The Tipping Point. Weisberg's father was a prominent Chicago lawyer and, later, judge. His parents were introduced at a cocktail party by novelist Ralph Ellison.
Weisberg is a frequent commentator on National Public Radio. He previously worked for The New Republic in Washington, D.C., was a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and a contributing editor to Vanity Fair. Early in his career, he worked for Newsweek in the London and Washington bureaus.
Weisberg is the inventor and author of the Bushisms series. He is also the author, with Robert Rubin, of In An Uncertain World (2003). Weisberg's first book, In Defense of Government, was published in 1996.
JacobWeisberg (born 1964) is an American political journalist and commentator, currently serving as editor of Slate magazine and a columnist for the Financial Times.
Weisberg's father, Bernard Weisberg, was a prominent Chicago lawyer and, later, judge.
Weisberg is a frequent commentator on National Public Radio and also writes a weekly column for the Financial Times.
Weisberg is missing the point, however, which is that the bankruptcy of these views seems to have shone a piercing light on the bankruptcy of this particular political culture as a whole.
Weisberg's piece, like Sontag's backtracking in her subsequent interview in Salon.com, is an attempt to redeem the label "left-liberal," without specifying what the post-9/11 content of this left-liberalism might be.
Weisberg isn't in fact one of those people, but for some reason he has designated himself as their spokesman and apologist.
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