“The Canadians have a sensible proposal for a compromise resolution that could lend some political legitimacy to the coming war against Iraq. … gulfstream/1052
Michael Kinsley’s gotten a bit wilder since he stopped having to be a cautious, responsible editor, but this is a good article on liberties, … gulfstream/1177
Michael Kinsley says: privatise marriage. (I really like this idea—as he explains, it solves a whole lot of problems all at once. True, the … gulfstream/1200
Michael Kinsley: “Nevertheless, watching on television, I found myself feeling, briefly, that politics mattered to me and I, as a citizen, mattered … gulfstream/1222
Michael Kinsley: In defense of hypothetical questions. (It’s not valid to dismiss a question as hypothetical.) gulfstream/1293
Savvy Michael Kinsley piece on Clark, the nature of politics, and “youthful political swoons.” gulfstream/1304
“Free Trade Butters”—are they really for free trade at all? (Michael Kinsley) gulfstream/1368
“He is a principled dissolute, with the courage of his dissolution: he enjoys smoking and drinking, and not just the reputation for smoking and drinking … gulfstream/2285
Most of us are not Patrick Henry and would be willing to lose a great deal of freedom in order to save our lives. This is especially true when the freedom … quotes/439
The American Civil Liberties Union is alarmed, but the ACLU's function, which I admire and support, is to be alarmed before I am, like the canary down … quotes/316
Here is an important new development in the Washington press corps' perceptions game. Often in the past, when chasing some alleged miscreant, the press … quotes/301
Reserving government contracts for domestic companies violates international law, of course. It seems like just the other day that Donald Rumsfeld was … quotes/289
A word about fact checking. Several hindsight artists have been quoted in the press saying that the New Republic's fact checkers should have caught Glass. … quotes/193
Just Supposin' - In defense of hypothetical questions. By Michael Kinsley
What Abortion Debate? - Why there is no honesty about Roe. By Michael Kinsley
The Ayatollah Joke Book - So, the Prophet Mohammed walks into a bar … By Michael Kinsley