Robert Weissberg
Robert Weissberg is a native New Yorker with a Ph.D from University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has taught at Cornell University and University of Illinois-Urbana. He is the author of 11 books and is currently retired and living in New York City.
Cultural Caviar
The Gay Solution to Urban BlightFebruary 13, 2013 Since the 1950s a multitude of solutions to revitalize decaying inner cities |
Moolah
How to Wean the DependentDecember 12, 2012 Can the millions of Americans now accustomed to food stamps, subsidized |
Education
The Care and Breeding of Docile StudentsNovember 19, 2012 The American people have increasingly become docile and reliant on government |
High Society
How Bimbos Saved the American RepublicNovember 10, 2012 Another American election has come and gone, this one noteworthy for its |
Deep Thoughts
Reducing Hate by Restoring ToleranceAugust 22, 2012 Though I cannot demonstrate it statistically, I believe the US is inching |
Modest Proposals
Swine ControlJuly 01, 2012 Whatever one’s views on today’s Middle Eastern regimes, we can all agree |
Modest Proposals
Slimming Down the SystemJune 05, 2012 Conservatives have long waged a seemingly futile campaign to slim down the |
Modest Proposals
Harnessing Feminist EnergyMay 26, 2012 America’s energy policy is in shambles. Current green solutions of solar and |
Modest Proposals
Deterring Bullies: The “Karate Kid” ProgramMay 05, 2012 The Obama Administration has declared war on school bullies. The Department of |
Crime
Black on BlackSeptember 14, 2009 The flap over Henry Lewis Gates and arresting officer James Crowley was |
Diversity
Is She Good for the Latinos? (Really)July 12, 2009 The debate over Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court has |
Mind the GapMarch 30, 2009 President Obama recently offered up his solution to America’s educational deficiencies, |
A Kinder, Gentler TotalitarianismMarch 03, 2009 On February 18th 2009, Eric Holder, our first African American Attorney General gave a |
Dumb is the New Smart: The Perversions of American EducationJanuary 06, 2009 Under the general topic of malevolence, wickedness, and evil, a vocabulary exists for |