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Theodore Ross

Theodore Ross is a former executive editor of The New Republic magazine, based in New York. His writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, Businessweek, VICE, the Oxford American, and many other publications, including this one. He is also the author of a memoir, Am I a Jew?, which has a long subtitle, mercifully omitted here.

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September 6, 2018
Theodore Ross
Who’s Afraid of Criticizing Israel?
What happens when quiet critiques of the Promised Land get loud
April 17, 2017
Theodore Ross
The Osage Murders: A Q&A with David Grann
The veteran journalist discusses his new book, and uncovering one of the worst, unpunished crimes in modern American history.
December 13, 2016
Theodore Ross
The Year Everyone Realized Digital Media Is Doomed
No one has figured out how to make internet journalism profitable. And in 2016, it showed.
December 1, 2016
Alex Shephard, Theodore Ross
“There’s No Check on Trump Except Reality”: A Q&A With Wayne Barrett
The veteran New York journalist dishes on Trump, Giuliani, and more.
November 23, 2016
Theodore Ross
A Trump Thanksgiving
Who gets to be an American? This holiday weekend my mixed-up, Trump-voting family will try to answer that question.
December 17, 2015
Theodore Ross
Fun times in Sheldon’s Silver’s big happy corrupt family.
December 15, 2015
Theodore Ross
Los Angeles public schools were closed today due to a “credible terror threat.”
December 14, 2015
Theodore Ross
Full disclosure, Donald Trump gave a lot of money to my old high school.
December 12, 2015
Theodore Ross
Once there was a time when the idea of a Jewish NBA player wasn’t a source of amusement.
December 5, 2015
Theodore Ross
Is the pen still mightier than the sword?
December 4, 2015
Theodore Ross
Government decides money for angering self-righteous automotive lane-hogs is good idea.
November 18, 2015
Theodore Ross
Kevin McHale retired from the Celtics more than 20 years ago, yet there is still satisfaction in his misfortune for any Knicks fan.
November 16, 2015
Theodore Ross
I thought the America’s Test Kitchen guy lived in that house and that was his kitchen.
November 13, 2015
Theodore Ross
Gamers enjoy video games more than masturbation and the world is a weirder place by the day.
November 13, 2015
Theodore Ross
Ai Weiwei wants your Legos for art.
November 13, 2015
Theodore Ross
Exactly which mold do the white students at Claremont fit into—a jello mold?
November 13, 2015
Theodore Ross
Would you pay to have a tech company break up with your boyfriend via text?
September 15, 2015
Theodore Ross
Cheat! It's the Only Way to Get Published.
Most writers have no choice but to bend the rules
September 2, 2015
Theodore Ross
Cracking the Cartel
Don’t pay NCAA football and basketball players.

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