Michael Kinsley
Michael Kinsley is an editor and columnist at Bloomberg View. His column appears on Fridays. For many years he was the editor of the New Republic and a columnist for the Washington Post. He was the founding Editor of Slate.
He also served as Editor of Harper's, as the editorial and opinion Editor of the Los Angeles Times, and as the American editor of The Economist. He has written regular columns for Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal and the Times of London. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker, Readers Digest, the Daily Beast, Conde Nast Traveler and other publications. For six years he was co-host of the CNN program "Crossfire," appearing five nights a week opposite Pat Buchanan, John Sununu and Robert Novak. He also was William F. Buckley's regular interlocutor on Firing Line and a moderator of the Firing Line debates.
Articles By Michael Kinsley
What I Learned on My Junket to China
China Daily, the largest English- language newspaper in China, carried a front-page headline last week: “Village Gratitude Shows Integrity of Task.”
Mitt Romney’s Cranbrook: The Untold Story
How well I remember the day many years ago that I was walking through the quad at Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Edward Conard Says What Mitt Romney Won’t
The people at the New York Times Magazine must think that nobody has ever read Ayn Rand, or maybe even Adam Smith.
Mitt Romney’s Bigotry Needs No Spokesman
Mitt Romney didn’t exactly fire Ric Grenell, who is gay, as his foreign policy spokesman. But when the religious right got wind of Grenell’s hiring, his job started to shrink.
Two Bridges, Separate and Unequal
Two floating bridges across Lake Washington connect Seattle with its eastern suburbs. The roadbeds rest on huge pontoons and sway a bit as you drive across them on a windy day.
Mitt Romney’s Failed Definition of Success
“I am being sunk by a society that demands success when all I can offer is failure,” says the ruined theater impresario Max Bialystock in Mel Brooks’s “The Producers.”
A Guide to the Class Warfare of Presidential Politics
Everyone says there’s a class war going on in the U.S. If so, it is, at least so far, a war of words.
Another Day, Another Dollar, Another Lobbying Campaign
The busiest subway stop in downtown Washington was until recently festooned with green banners and billboards warning of a terrible danger. One of America’s great national symbols is under attack: the dollar bill.
Obamacare is Unconstitutional? Now They Tell Us
Supreme Court justices, like anyone else, sometimes change their minds.
Too Old to Get Hired, Too Young to Retire
A friend of mine had his name in the paper the other day.
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