Michael Kinsley

Michael Kinsley is a columnist, and the founding editor of Slate.

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The Secret Vice of Power Women

Michael Kinsley

Dec 15, 2017 8:00 AM

The New York Times Is Organizing Cruises for Rich People—and That’s Just Fine

Michael Kinsley

July 07, 2017 12:02 PM

Kinsley, Weisberg, Plotz, and Turner on Slate’s First 20 Years

Josh Levin, Julia Turner, David Plotz, Jacob Weisberg, and Michael Kinsley

Sept 29, 2016 5:10 PM

Kinsley, Weisberg, Plotz, and Turner: Slate’s Four Editors Gather and Dish

Josh Levin, Julia Turner, David Plotz, Jacob Weisberg, and Michael Kinsley

Sept 26, 2016 12:23 AM

Why Victims Don’t Have the Right to Rewrite the Past

Michael Kinsley

Feb 13, 2015 12:46 PM

Prohibition, Ikea, and Chris Christie’s Weight on This Week’s Culture Gabfest Podcast

Oct 05, 2011 12:18 PM

It’s Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday. Why his political effect on the Cold War has been vastly overrated.

Michael Kinsley

Feb 03, 2011 7:06 AM

It’s Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday. Why we’ve idealized a man whose contributions were mediocre.

Michael Kinsley

Feb 03, 2011 7:05 AM

The mysterious obsession power women have with Law & Order reruns.

Michael Kinsley

May 17, 2010 4:12 PM

The mysterious obsession power women have with Law & Order reruns.

Michael Kinsley

May 17, 2010 4:12 PM

How the Web Makes My Job as Columnist Harder

Michael Kinsley

July 22, 2009 3:14 PM

Who’s Better Informed, Newspaper Readers or Web Surfers?

Michael Kinsley

July 20, 2009 5:19 PM

Why powerful women such as Sonia Sotomayor love Law & Order.

Michael Kinsley

June 05, 2009 5:51 PM

Undivided government won’t be as bad as McCain warned it would be.

Michael Kinsley

Nov 04, 2008 9:31 PM

The numbers don't lie: Democrats are better for the economy than Republicans.

Michael Kinsley

Sept 16, 2008 1:49 PM

How Sarah Palin made the GOP change its mind about presidential qualifications.

Michael Kinsley

Aug 31, 2008 10:36 AM

Al Franken’s campaign quandary: how to explain away his bad jokes.

Michael Kinsley

July 07, 2008 11:56 AM

Al Franken's campaign quandary: how to explain away his bad jokes.

Michael Kinsley

July 07, 2008 11:56 AM

A brilliant new scheme for measuring the productivity of journalists.

Michael Kinsley

June 09, 2008 12:54 PM

I hardly know me anymore: The Scott McClellan story.

Michael Kinsley

May 29, 2008 12:17 PM