Policy made plain.

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• When Good News Is Bad News The politics of mixed emotions.
  Michael Kinsley Dec. 18, 2003
  
• Iraqing Their Brains How can the Democratic candidates escape the trap they set for themselves?
  Michael Kinsley Dec. 11, 2003
  
• Skiing Through Vietnam Does it matter if a candidate dodged the draft?
  Michael Kinsley Dec. 4, 2003
  
• Attack Geography Hey, buddy, who do you think you're calling "bucolic"?
  Michael Kinsley Nov. 20, 2003
  
• The Limits of Eloquence Did Bush mean a word of his speech about democracy?
  Michael Kinsley Nov. 13, 2003
  
• Grandfather-Clause Politics Are you one of the lucky few?
  Michael Kinsley Nov. 6, 2003
  
• Stemming Stem Cells A case study in modern Washington dishonesty.
  Michael Kinsley Oct. 30, 2003
  
• Taking Bush Personally 
  Michael Kinsley Oct. 23, 2003
  
• Filter Tips 
  Michael Kinsley Oct. 16, 2003
  
• General Amnesty Why do liberals swoon for a guy in uniform?
  Michael Kinsley Oct. 9, 2003
  
• Just Supposin' In defense of hypothetical questions.
  Michael Kinsley Oct. 2, 2003
  
• Heartbreak Cartel Ten billion reasons why Iraq shouldn't rejoin OPEC.
  Michael Kinsley Sept. 25, 2003
  
• Special K Street The fantasy world of Washington meets the reality-based culture of Hollywood.
  Michael Kinsley Sept. 17, 2003
  
• 87 Billion Apologies Take your money, Mr. President, but at least say you're sorry.
  Michael Kinsley Sept. 11, 2003
  
• Zeitgeist Surfing In 1977 Arnold Schwarzenegger thought of himself as a swinger. In 2003 he thinks of himself as governor.
  Michael Kinsley Sept. 4, 2003
  
• Humor, Humility, and Rhetorical Courage American pols could learn a thing or two from Tony Blair.
  Michael Kinsley July 23, 2003
  
• Who Is Buried in Bush's Speech? The truth has been shot! Round up some unusual suspects.
  Michael Kinsley July 14, 2003
  
• The Lawsuit Lottery Would you become a quadriplegic for $20 million?
  Michael Kinsley July 10, 2003
  
• Abolish Marriage Let's really get the government out of our bedrooms.
  Michael Kinsley July 2, 2003
  
• Supreme Court Fudge 
  Michael Kinsley June 24, 2003
  
• Low Opinion Did Iraq have weapons of mass destruction? It doesn't matter.
  Michael Kinsley June 19, 2003
  
• The Price of Freedom If the Patriot Act took our liberties away, would we notice?
  Michael Kinsley June 12, 2003
  
• The Return of Class War Bush and the new tyranny of the rich.
  Michael Kinsley June 5, 2003
  
• Rehnquist's Surprise Suddenly, states do have to follow federal law.
  Michael Kinsley May 29, 2003
  
• Sympathy for the New York Times Often plagiarized. Seldom plagiarizing.
  Michael Kinsley May 21, 2003
  
• The Fabulist Bush's absurd obsession with small business.
  Michael Kinsley May 15, 2003
  
• Bill Bennett's Bad Bet The bookmaker of virtues.
  Michael Kinsley May 5, 2003
  
• Why Are They Now? On deficits, Republicans in Congress haven't just changed their minds—they've lost their brains.
  Michael Kinsley May 1, 2003
  
• Democracy and Traffic Jams Should you be allowed to buy a faster commute?
  Michael Kinsley April 24, 2003
  
• Thanks for Nothing Bush's gift to taxpayers—and Halliburton.
  Michael Kinsley April 17, 2003
  
• Unsettled Victory in the war is not victory in the argument about the war.
  Michael Kinsley April 10, 2003
  
• The Bush administration's ultimate weapon. 
  Michael Kinsley April 3, 2003
  
• Today We Obey Invoking international law—when it suits us.
  Michael Kinsley March 27, 2003
  
• Unauthorized Entry The Bush Doctrine: War without anyone's permission.
  Michael Kinsley March 20, 2003
  
• J'Accuse, Sort Of You never know where you're going to find anti-Semitic propaganda.
  Michael Kinsley March 12, 2003
  
• Bush's Ulterior Motive Could it be oil? Maybe, but what about oil?
  Michael Kinsley March 6, 2003
  
• Desert Shields Is it wrong for Saddam to put civilians in the crosshairs?
  Michael Kinsley Feb. 27, 2003
  
• The George W. Diet Lose unsightly pounds by eating like a pig.
  Michael Kinsley Feb. 20, 2003
  
• Estrada's Omertà 
  Michael Kinsley Feb. 13, 2003
  
• The Case Against the Case Against Steve Case 
  Michael Kinsley Feb. 6, 2003
  
• Morally Unserious 
  Michael Kinsley Jan. 29, 2003
  
• Pious Pair What makes Sens. McCain and Lieberman so appealing is also what makes them so annoying.
  Michael Kinsley Jan. 23, 2003
  
• Dubya's Dividend Delight 
  Michael Kinsley Jan. 16, 2003